“Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no progress; and without conflict, no victory. The man who lies down a fool at night, hoping that he will waken wise in the morning, will rise up in the morning as he laid down in the evening.” MenActionLyingNightCultureGrowthMorningWiseProgressHe ManFoolVictoryConflictLaborEveningPolishAcquisitionExertionFriction Author:Frederick Douglass
“Because by definition they lack any sense of mutuality or wholeness, our specializations subsist on conflict with one another. The rule is never to cooperate, but rather to follow one's own interest as far as possible. Checks and balances are all applied externally, by opposition, never by self-restraint. Labor, management, the military, the government, etc., never forbear until their excesses arouse enough opposition to force them to do so.” SelfEnoughGovernmentForceInterestMilitaryBalanceConflictLaborManagementEnvironmentalDefinitionsChecksOppositionEtcExcessSustainabilityWholenessRestraintSpecializationSelf Restraint Author:Wendell Berry
“We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change.” ChildrenHandsTermPoorAcceptingRichTroubleConflictLaborRelationOur ChildrenVery GoodExcellentGermanyResolutionGapsMechanismStableInfrastructureTransportationRich And PoorConflict ResolutionAccepting ChangeExcellent EducationTransportation Infrastructure Author:Angela Merkel
“Any Hamas or Zionist type who tries to interfere with the labor unions and grab the money will be marched to the guillotines and subsequently beheaded. And isn't that easier and more productive than some endless, bloody conflict? So sayeth the gospel of common sense. Happy Mother's Day.” TryingMotherCommonTypeEasierConflictLaborUnionsEndlessCommon SenseProductiveBloodyInterfereMothers DayZionistHamasLabor UnionGuillotine Author:Roseanne Barr
“Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.” Has BeensConflictLaborInstitutionsWorkersUsaDenied Author:John L. Lewis
“The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none.” CountryFactsConflictConsciousLaborHammersAnvilsBlacksmiths Author:Leland Stanford