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1. “"Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.”

Simone Weil

Petroleum, Conflict, Geopolitics, Resources, International Relations, Economic Warfare

2. “A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.”

Benjamin Franklin

Legal System, Vulnerability, Society, Conflict, Insight

3. “A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.”

Thomas Jefferson

Cowardice, Spirit, Conflict, Courage, Human Nature

4. “A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.”

George R. R. Martin

Bargain, Fairness, Trade, Negotiation, Conflict

5. “A hanging in a good quarrel is an easy death they say, though I could never hear of any that came back to say so.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Death Humor, Mortal Struggles, Dark Humor, Death, Life, Conflict

6. “A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you’re not living in alignment; you’re not be being true to yourself.”

Steve Maraboli

Conflict, Alignment, Truth, Self, Harmony, Peace

7. “A martial arts practice hall, a dojo, is a place you go to practice being the best you can be. But the true combat in a dojo is not between one person and another as most people believe it to be. The true combat in a martial arts practice hall is between the people within ourselves.”

Michael Gerber

Martial Arts, Inner Conflict, Self Improvement, Arts, Conflict, Improvement

8. “A peace that is truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.”

George Orwell

Peace, War, Paradox, Stability, Conflict

9. “A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.”

Benjamin Franklin

Conflict, Relationships, Community, Harmony, Trust

10. “A revolution is bloody. Revolution is hostile. Revolution knows no compromise. Revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way.”

Malcolm X

Revolution, Conflict, Change, Action, Resistance

11. “A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.”

George Orwell

Tragedy, Virtue, Humanity, Conflict, Society

12. “A war between Europeans is a civil war.”

Victor Hugo

Civil War, European Conflict, War, Civil, Conflict, European

13. “About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilizations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.”

Paulo Coelho

Culture, Conflict, Society, Politics, Understanding

14. “Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Action, Happiness, Conflict, Personal Growth, Life, War

15. “Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.”

Peter Drucker

Power, Relationships, Leadership, Conflict, Strategy, Influence

16. “Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.”

John F. Kennedy

Aggression, Peace, Conflict, War, Responsibility, Diplomacy

17. “All fanaticism is repressed doubt.”

Carl Jung

Fanaticism, Repressed Doubts, Inner Conflict, Fanaticism, Doubt, Conflict

18. “All peoples are more the same than they are different.”

Mark Manson

Humanity, Unity, Society, Conflict, Perspective

19. “All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.”

John Steinbeck

Human Nature, Thinking Failure, War Causes, Conflict, Failure, Thinking

20. “All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.”

Herman Melville

Wars, Youth, Conflict, Masculinity, Humanity, Philosophy

21. “All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate – Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.”

Herman Melville

Wars, Youth, Philosophy, Violence, Masculinity, Conflict

22. “An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”

Thomas Jefferson

Conflict, Association, Society, Human Nature, Governance

23. “An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.”

Isaac Asimov

Weapons, Technology, Power, Science, Conflict, Danger

24. “An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”

Thomas Jefferson

Enemy, Belief, Subjectivity, Conflict, Perspective

25. “An intellectual hatred is the worst.”

William Butler Yeats

Intellectual Feud, Emotional Wounds, Mental Conflict, Hatred, Conflict, Intellect

26. “And then she knew. Her friends and neighbors were angry at her because she had overstepped, given too much, offended them by excess.”

Toni Morrison

Social Expectations, Self-sacrifice, Emotional Conflict, Expectations, Sacrifice, Conflict

27. “And therefore, – since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, – I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”

William Shakespeare

Villain, Lover, Choice, Determination, Conflict

28. “Angel-bright, life-in-death; get off the road, don’t suck my breath.”

Harper Lee

Life, Death, Rebirth, Conflict, Clarity, Essence

29. “Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart.”

Orson Scott Card

Warfare, Morality, Conscience, Conflict, Human Nature, Ethical Dilemma

30. “Anyhow, I’ve learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you’ve had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!”

Anne Frank

Conflict, Relationships, Character, Honesty, Truth

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