Quotes about Conflict

Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best.

[The Civil War] created in this country what had never existed before—a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union; it was the rebirth of the Union.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.

Coming closer to home, there is so much of jealousy, pride, arrogance, and carping criticism; fathers who rise in anger over small, inconsequential things and make wives weep and children fear.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

The torturer scores a victory over his victim when the latter, in the grip of doubt, begins to torture himself.

It is an admission of conflict and separation; these God creates and destroys, by His presence as much by His absence. All is possible with Him; nothing is possible without Him. But the opposite is equally true. Never forget what the ancient taught us: God exists in contradictions, too. He is the limit of all things, and He is what extends the limit.

War is like night," she said. "It covers everything.

Behind the shutters, our friends of yesterday were probably waiting for the moment when they could loot our homes.