Best conflict & ends Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement.”

Ends Found Decision Plans Conflict Solutions Favors Block Hopefully Summit Enlargement Cyprus

Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen

“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.”

May Ends Whole Helping Young Economy Generations Modern Building Willing Offers Conflict Resources Israel Aspiration Spite Regions Realising Palestinian Limited Resources

Author:Shimon Peres

“Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.”

People Ends Conflict Smart Branding Mobile Smart People Strands

Author:Peter York

“What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.”

“I think violence begets violence. I don't think a way to solve any sort of conflict is with violence because nothing ever ends up solved, that way.”

Thinking Way Ends Violence Conflict Solve Begets

Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.”

People Long Ends Helping Differences Justice Achieve Conflict Hatred Prosperity Defined Empowering Cycles Cooperation Our Relationship Suspicion Discord

Author:Barack Obama

“Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.”

Way Mean Ends States Force Process Interest Achieve Conditions Judging Conflict Arise Pursue Defined Consistent Anarchy Units Conflict Of Interest

Book:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

Source: Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

“Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things, as when we seek to maximize efficiency by planting crops or raising animals in vast mono-cultures. This is something nature never does, always and for good reasons practicing diversity instead. A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify nature's complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain.”

Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World

“I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.”

Ends Found Opinion Conflict Remains Strife

Author:Catherine the Great

“The perennial architectural debate has always been, and will continue to be, about art versus use, visions versus pragmatism, aesthetics versus social responsibility. In the end, these unavoidable conflicts provide architecture's essential and productive tensions; the tragedy is that so little of it rises above the level imposed by compromise, and that this is the only work most of us see and know.”

Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

“The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.”

Men Way Children Ends Mother Wife Birth Husband Conflict Stress Including Shock Exhausted Husband And Wife Unprecedented Drained Birth Of A Child

Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“Life isn't like a Full House episode. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There is no milkman, paperboy, or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything will tie together nicely in the end. But that's life, and I think I'm finally starting to get it.”

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Author:Jodi Sweetin

“If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.”

Ifs Want Long Ends Conflict Standing Prepared Compromise Be Prepared

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation. Most often this struggle is unconscious and short-lived. A weak soul does not have the endurance to resist the flesh for very long. It grows heavy, becomes flesh itself, and the contest ends. But among responsible men, men who keep their eyes riveted day and night upon the Supreme Duty, the conflict between flesh and spirit breaks out mercilessly and may last until death.”

Source: The last temptation of Christ

“Planners and designers should encourage as much diversity in human habitats as they find in animal habitats. It is not possible to resolve all conflicts or to gain all ends. Choices have to be made. Different aspects of the public good should be stressed in different places. To achieve variety in land use patterns, there should also be a variety of relationships between the professions, not an institutionalized decision-making tree. Relationships between the constructive professions should, therefore, be deconstructed.”

“The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, was a series of conflicts that became the last great struggle of religious wars in Europe. It was fought almost exclusively on German soil...but before the war ended, it involved most of the nations of Europe. The underlying cause of the war was the deep-seated hostility between the German Protestants and German Catholics - with the Jesuits and Cardinal Richelieu, who was the real ruler of France, fanning the fires to accomplish their ends.”

“Proponents of so-called pluralism feel compelled to ban religious considerations from public discourse because they know, instinctively if not intellectually, that their faith is in direct conflict with the God of the Bible, and that in the end the two positions are irreconcilable.”

Ifs Knows Feels Two Ends Christian Religious Position Conflict Direct Consideration Discourse Compelled Bans Pluralism Public Discourse

Book:Faith & Freedom: The Christian Roots of American Liberty

Source: Faith & Freedom: The Christian Roots of American Liberty

“Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and the nature of the world have changed on an enduring basis and so we have dismantle our military and intelligence capabilities. My hope is that as we wind down in Iraq and whatever the level of our commitment in Afghanistan, that we not forget the basic nature of humankind has not changed.”

World Ends Forget Levels Mankind Military Changed Wind Conflict Commitment Bases Endure Iraq Afghanistan Capability Humankind Nature Of Man

Author:Robert M. Gates

“The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was between feudalism and the new economic order; in the second, between an agricultural society and a new industrial one. Both led to similar ends; the first to the founding of the English nation, and the second to the founding of the American. Both were strangely interlinked; for it was men of the old military and not of the new economic mind - men, such as Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh - who founded the English colonies in America.”

Men Mind Firsts Ideas War Ends America Order Nations Economic Military Conflict England Rose Civil War Founding Clash Colony Feudalism Economic Order Raleigh

Author:J. F. C. Fuller

“Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.”

War Ends Battle Cost Conflict Paid Buried

Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

“With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at time it will be the kind of conscription that was put in at the end of the Vietnam War. And that is, everybody is equally liable to be called to serve the nation in time of conflict.”

Ifs Kind War Ends Nations Conflict Army Vietnam Vietnam War Liable Conscription

Author:Colin Powell

“I do occasionally wonder, if you were to bring to life one of those young men who sacrificed themselves in what was advertised to them as the Great War, and the war to end all war, and show them that we're still engaged in armed conflict in the same area, I'm not sure that they would be pleased about what their sacrifices amounted to.”

Ifs Men Stills War Ends Shows Would Be Young Wonder Sacrifice Conflict Areas Young Man Not Sure Engaged Great War Armed Conflict

Author:Russell Crowe

“It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell the truth. Unfortunately that has not been the case.”

Ends Political Cases Fantasy Democracy Politician Conflict Telling The Truth Charming Spy

Author:John le Carre

“In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.”

Should Ends Focus Teacher Achieve Judging Keys Months Needed Conflict Elements Training Doctors Police Soldier International Iraq Officers Involvement Police Officer Robust

Author:John Olver

“The moment that the state came into conflict with the higher power, the moment that it set itself up as an end in itself, it became identified with Augustine's earthly city and lost all claims to a higher sanction than the law of force and self-interest. Without justice, what is a great kingdom but a great robbery, magnum latrocinium?”

Source: The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity

“If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire or aspiration to political power or taking power from other people, which is what politics is all about, you end up with a lot more friction than you would normally see with just straight-ahead politics.”

People Ifs Years Ends America Political Used Desire Race Conflict Aspiration Political Power Friction

Author:Gwen Ifill

“The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.”

Knows Ends Know How Conflict Tragedy Regions Divides Palestinian Israeli Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Author:Yair Lapid

“If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.”

Ifs Ends Helping Moral Duty Conflict Safety Refugee Avenues Moral Duty

Author:Angelina Jolie

“The darkness that we see in our world today is due to the disintegration of things out of harmony with God's laws. The basic conflict is not between nations, it is between two opposing beliefs. The first is that evil can be overcome by more evil, that the end justifies the means. This belief is very prevalent in our world today. It is the war way. It is the official position of every major nation.”

“We are foolish to expect to serve God without opposition: the more zealous we are, the more sure are we to be assailed... Glory be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall be cast out and for ever destroyed, while Jesus and they who are with him shall receive the crown. Let us sharpen our swords to-night, and pray the Holy Spirit to nerve our arms for the conflict. Never battle so important, never crown so glorious. Every man to his post, ye warriors of the cross, and may the Lord tread Satan under your feet shortly!”

“If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human will lies the source and mainspring of all conflict, as of all other activities of man's life, it becomes clear that our object in war can only be attained by the subjugation of the opposing will. All acts, such as defeat in the field, propaganda, blockade, diplomacy, or attack on the centres of government and population, are seen to be but means to that end.”

“Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.”

Long War Ends Moving Term Healing Issues Conflict Trauma Decades Moving Forward Long Term Survived Reminders Haunting Health Issues Armed Conflict

Author:Zainab Salbi

“I've worked a lot of historical stuff back in Sweden and there's always conflict with horses. I get a bit paranoid when I'm on them, and they can sense that and they get a bit paranoid. It ends up in this bad spiral where I don't want to be on them, and they don't want me on their backs.”

Want Ends Stuff Bits Conflict Horse Historical Want Me Paranoid Spirals Sweden

Author:George Blagden

“Women and girls are bearing the brunt of extremists that revel in treating them barbarically. This is inextricably linked to our overall failure to prevent and end conflicts worldwide, which is causing human suffering on an unprecedented level.”

Humans Ends Suffering Girl Levels Conflict Linked Extremist Unprecedented Human Suffering

Author:Angelina Jolie

“When we respect ourselves, our lives change because the conflict in our mind ends. Then the relationship with our beloved also changes, and there will be peace in our family, in our friendships, in our community, and so on. Just imagine what kind of planet this would be if everybody respected themselves and everybody else?”

Ifs Mind Kind Ends Would Be Community Our Lives Imagine Planets Conflict Beloved Our Family Life Changing Our Community

Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“Well, it's kind of like that classic sort of trajectory in this kind of movie where there's conflict and they're estranged and they kind of grow to love each other but they don't show it. Then at the end - it's kind of like that. But I think the characters are more interesting than that.”

Thinking Wells Kind Ends Character Shows Grows Interesting Conflict Classic Love Each Other Trajectory

Author:Mary-Louise Parker

“To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many different instruments, suggests a much more complex and drawn-out conflict for which, I think, most Americans aren't prepared.”

Thinking Years Long Different War Ends Country Conflict Instruments Prepared Complexes Terrorism

Author:Edward Said

“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.”

“Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.”

War Ends Sides Company Leader Couple Conflict Compromise Stem Competing Both Sides Going To War

Author:Richard Branson

“We often discuss housing refugees, but not how you help return refugees back to their home countries. As a result, in a post-disaster or post-conflict situation, we end up with intractable refugee camps that end up staying for decades.”

Ends Country Helping Home Results Situation Return Conflict Decades Disaster Posts Staying Camps Refugee Housing Home Country Refugee Camps

Author:Cameron Sinclair

“Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When we silo issues, we end up with solutions that are in conflict with each other.”

Want Children Ends Issues Safe Conflict Solutions Access Healthcare Roof

Author:Cameron Sinclair

“Today we find ourselves faced with the imminent end of the era of cheap oil, the prospect (beyond the recent bubble) of steadily rising commodity prices, the degradation of forests, lakes and soils, conflicts over land use, water quality, fishing rights and the momentous challenge of stabilising concentrations of carbon in the global atmosphere.”

“I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported enemy. I don't see any quick end to this thing.”

Thinking Wells Ends Enemy Changed Conflict Scales Motivated Afghanistan

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“I'm going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria not only to help protect the Syrians and prevent the constant outflow of refugees, but to, frankly, gain some leverage on both the Syrian government and the Russians so that perhaps we can have the kind of serious negotiation necessary to bring the conflict to an end and go forward on a political track.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and that a negotiated end to the conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in Syria.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“When I start writing, my unconscious, my conflicts, my thoughts all start to come up. So for me, writing is an exploration. I never know how my stories will end.”

Knows Writing Ends Stories Know How Conflict Come Up Unconscious Exploration My Thoughts

Author:Janet Fitch

“America is the only superpower. But our leadership is being tested in the Middle East, and some of the things that we have done in the Middle East are contributing to a potential explosion region-wide. And if that explosion gets out of hand, we may end up being bogged down for many years to come in a conflict that will be profoundly damaging to our capacity to exercise our power, to address the problems implicit in this global awakening, and we may face a world in which much of the world turns away from us, seeks its own equilibrium, but probably slides into a growing chaos.”

“Any move by Israel to end the conflict with the Palestinians by unilateral moves - such as annexing the West Bank, delinking Gaza and declaring that there be no further diplomatic process - will lead to strong regional and global reactions, as well as intensify efforts at the UN and in civil society to brand Israel as an outlaw state dangerous to regional and world peace and guilty of criminal behavior.”

“It's never too late to try to end a conflict.”

Trying Ends Conflict Late Too Late Never Too Late

Author:Chris Alexander

“There are lots of signs that average Israelis want peace. But after such a long war - this conflict has been going on now for 120 years - you have a fifth generation being born into it on both sides. Such a conflict creates hatred, fears, stereotypes, and demonizations of the other. It would be an illusion to believe you can put an end to this overnight.”

Want Years Believe Long Has Beens War Ends Would Be Sides Born Generations Conflict Illusion Hatred Average Stereotype Both Sides Fifth Believe You Can

Author:Uri Avnery

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