“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.” PoliticalFightingHalfSecurityConflictAspectEssenceRegardAggressors Author:David Ben-Gurion
“My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.” MenHumansLongRealHandsRunningPoliticsInterestCasesRightsPositionConflictRegardMajorityPropertyHuman RightsCivilizedLong RunsIdenticalProperty RightsFew WordsCivilized SocietyUpper Hand Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“We usually speak of the Jewish-Christian civilization - perhaps, the time has come, especially with regard to the Middle East conflict, to talk about the Jewish-Muslim civilization as an axis opposed to Christianity.” ChristianSpeakChristianityMiddleCivilizationConflictRegardEastMiddle EastAxesMiddle East Conflict Author:Slavoj Žižek
“If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot. In either case, the crucial issue is our control of the other: the more we lose control over him, and the more he assumes control over himself, the more, in case of conflict, we are likely to consider him mad rather than just bad.” IfsBelieveDoeLosesCasesIssuesConflictRegardMadAssumingCrucialNonconformity Book:The second sin Source: The second sin
“Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.” HistoryBattleConflictUnderstoodRegardSeriesThis DayHumankindFacets Author:Anton Chekhov
“... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and worshipping him is a still greater danger... The ultimate question is whether the doctrine of the goodness of God or that of the inerrancy of scripture is to prevail when they conflict. I think the doctrine of the goodness of God is the more certain of the two. Indeed, only that doctrine renders this worship of Him obligatory or even permissable.” ThinkingBelieveStillsTwoCertainEvilGreaterDangerCallingConflictGoodnessWorshipUltimateRegardMereScriptureDoctrineTerrifiedFlatteryGoodness Of GodUltimate Questions Author:C. S. Lewis
“I believe we're making a mistake if we regard job creation and job safety as mutually exclusive or inherently in conflict; they can and they must go hand-in-hand.” IfsBelieveHandsJobsI BelieveMistakeCreationConflictRegardSafetyMaking MistakesExclusiveHand In HandJob Creation Author:Thomas Perez
“We are more often than not asked, for instance, to regard Israel and Palestine as in a conflict of this kind, a framing that sets each of them on equal footing, and implicitly analogies the political situation to a fist fight, a soccer match, or a domestic quarrel. So if, then, the only two intelligible political positions are "pro-Palestinian" or "pro-Israeli," the presumption is that one's position is determined by a sentiment that wants one side to win over the other.” IfsWantKindTwoPoliticalFightingWinningSidesSituationPositionConflictEqualRegardIsraelDeterminedInstanceSoccerSentimentsPalestinianPalestineFistsQuarrelsIsraeliAnalogiesPresumptionFramingIf Then Author:Judith Butler