Quotes about Conflict
Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.
— Elbert Hubbard
Quarrelling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. (And) There is no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Righ and Wrong are.
— CS Lewis
The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.
— John Donne
I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.
— Thomas Jefferson
The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
— Albert Camus
Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
— Tertullian
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
— Tertullian
Truth and the hatred of truth come into our world together. As soon as truth appears, it is regarded as an enemy.
— Tertullian
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
— Theodore Roosevelt