Quotes about Conflict

When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die.

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

Jesus said, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' And I think a lot of people don't understand that there's a difference between a peace lover and a peacemaker. Everybody loves peace, but wearing jewelry around your neck and saying 'I love peace' doesn't bring it.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.

My family is used to all manner of controversy.

We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.