#dispute

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#better #between #conflicts #disputes #educate

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#concern #disputes #great #lead #longer

It causes me great pain to sue the company I work for. Nevertheless, I had to do it. Suffice it to say, there's a dispute and I believe I haven't been given what is mine. ↗

— Howard Stern

#believe #causes #company #dispute #given

If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter. ↗

— Francis Bond Head

#butter #dispute #me #only #quarrel

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#comprehensive #disputes #far-reaching #impossible #international

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. ↗

— John Locke

#fewer #great #ideas #only #our

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men. ↗

— Martin Luther

#anything #bound #decide #dispute #err

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#destructiveness #disputes #few #few men #foe

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. ↗

— Novalis

#against #become #disputed #first #must