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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.

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

Abraham Lincoln

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

Quotes by Zainab Salbi

None of the parties want this conflict to go on.

Quotes by Yoweri Museveni

Conflicting Quotes

Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.

Quotes by Yotam Ottolenghi

Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

Conflicts Quotes

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

Quotes by William Landay

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

Quotes by William J. Brennan, Jr.

You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.

Quotes by William C. Kirby

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

Quotes by William C. Kirby

If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Quotes by William Binney

Confrontation Quotes

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.

Quotes by Wayne Allard

Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

Quotes by Warren Mitchell

You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.

Quotes by Wangari Maathai

One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing...

Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

Quotes by Viktor Yushchenko

Confronted Quotes

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

Quotes by Valerie Jarrett

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "conflict" quotes cover?
It ranges from tribute to armed forces, to comedy's roots in conflict, a historical account of the Soviet Union's breakup, and preempting personal conflict.
Is there a tribute to the armed forces here?
Yes: "Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict."
Does a quote connect comedy to conflict?
Yes: "Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred."
Does this collection include real historical commentary?
Yes: one quote gives a historical assessment describing "a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire," presented as the speaker's own historical account.
Is there practical advice about preempting conflict?
Yes: "You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict." See the Tension collection for a related theme.

A final line suggests that education can help people head off disputes before they escalate. Browse Confrontation quotes or Conflicting quotes for related pages.