- Minister
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conflict Quotes
From battlefield conflict to comedy's darker source.
This page ranges from honoring service members in armed conflict to a sharper claim that comedy itself grows out of hatred. A historical entry notes the sustained war that helped bring about the Soviet empire's breakup. See Conflicts quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I avoid conflict - like, any conflict - at all costs. I hate it. Even at a restaurant, if I get the wrong order, I'll just eat it anyway because I don't want to make an issue.
- Forbearance
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We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands.
- Firmness
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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.
- Inequality
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A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
- Battle
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I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.
- Charity
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In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.
- Respect
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Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth.
- Need
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But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the Venezuelan and American people will be better served by a negotiated solution between Maduro and Guaido than by a conflict that leads to increased instability and violence.
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There's conflict in every story.
- Bedtime
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020