#conflict

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#conflict #government #history #politics #power

The bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict, and laziness. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#conflict

The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#conferred #conflict #cure #disease #every

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict. ↗

— John le Carre

#better #conflict #description #i #involved

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams. ↗

— Laura Miller

#air #being #breath #brought #city

In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future. ↗

— John Olver

#build #civil #conflict #doctors #elements

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#conflict #constant #could #government #issue

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. ↗

— Daniel Pipes

#diplomacy #does #due #end #general

I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#best #between #conflict #i #i believe

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#behold #brave #brave man #conflict #direct