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“When we say that the Arabs are the aggressors and we defend ourselves — this is only half the truth. As regards our security and life we defend ourselves and our moral and physical position is not bad. We can face the gangs... and were we allowed to mobilize all our forces we would have no doubts about the outcome... But the fighting is only one aspect of the conflict which is in its essence a political one. And politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves. Militarily, it is we who are on the defensive who have the upper hand but in the political sphere they are superior.”

Political Fighting Half Security Conflict Aspect Essence Regard Aggressors

Author:David Ben-Gurion

“Communism... is the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man; it is the true resolution of the conflict between existence and essence, objectification and self-affirmation, freedom and necessity, individual and species. It is the riddle of history solved and knows itself as the solution.”

Knows Men Self Individual Existence Conflict Solutions Essence Species Genuine Communism Resolution Affirmation Riddle Antagonism Objectification Man And Nature Self Affirmation

Book:Marx: Selected Writings

Source: Marx: Selected Writings

“The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.”

People Today Cities Car Conflict Essence Friendly Versus

Author:Enrique Penalosa

“Conflict is the very essence of life.”

Conflict Essence Essence Of Life

Book:The Album

Source: The Album

“We're in essence allowing our spirit to come to terms with all the conflicts that we build within ourselves. Disease is after all a conflict within the tissue itself. Memory fading within the tissue, conflict of our actions or thoughts, our lives are not seamlessly running together in some way for ourselves, and had not been for a long time before we get to the critical point of a disease.”

Way Long Running Action Together Spirit Term Memories Our Lives Conflict Disease Long Time Essence Critical Allowing Our Actions Tissues Fading Running Together

Author:Maya Tiwari

“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).”

Action Desire Effort Conflict Essence Meetings Guides Contact Pointing Qualifications

Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj

“I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.”

People Ifs Way Want Character Desire Turns Events Drama Conflict Essence Internals Combustion Desire To Change

Author:Miranda Richardson

“I'm going to make the obvious point that maybe the word neurotic means the condition of being highly conscious and developed. The essence of neurosis is conflict. But the essence of living now, fully, not blocking off to what goes on, is conflict. In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all because they've chosen to block off at this stage or that. People stay sane by blocking off, by limiting themselves.”

People Looks Mean Whole Facts Conditions Stage Goes On Conflict Conscious Essence Obvious Chosen Block Sane Neurotic Neurosis

Author:Doris Lessing

“The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.”

People Ifs Way Should May Law Freedom Democracy Changed Conflict Essence Dependent Rulers

Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

“Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.”