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.
William C. Kirby
ConflictWantOutsideAnythingLast
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
Peter DeFazio
GoodPeaceConflictYearsActForce
In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.
Solange Knowles
RelationshipConflictAnyGonna
But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend.
Saxby Chambliss
ConflictAmericanKnowProtectGoing
There are no journalistic ethics that transcend the value of human life. There are none. In a situation where you can save a human life, you must. There isn't any conflict in my mind.
Sebastian Junger
LifeValueEthicsMindConflictYou
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
Simon Mainwaring
GoodConflictDemocracyLivingDuty
In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.
Paul Singer
GovernmentIdeasConflictDebateUp
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.
Thor Heyerdahl
WarConflictBelieveSolutionKind
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
Tony Blair
ConflictSmallWishHeadlineCause
From a purely craft standpoint, a simple character has a single motivation, while complex characters have two or three or more motivations, at least one of which is in direct conflict with another.
Nick Petrie
CharacterSimpleConflictMotivation
I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.
Tim Griffin
PeopleConflictAvoidRepresent
The CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation is filled with dramatic and harrowing details that not only lay bare the strategic, logistical, and political problems that doomed the invasion, but also how the still-green President John F. Kennedy scrambled to keep the U.S. from entering into a full conflict with Cuba.
Robert Dallek
HistoryConflictProblemsDetails
I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here, in the modest way that a journalist might be able to try and shed some understanding and enlightenment on a region that is profoundly conflicted, and a conflict that has real consequences for Americans.
Lawrence Wright
ConflictEnlightenmentUnderstanding
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
PowerResponsibilityConflictPoverty
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald Reagan
PeaceConflictPeacefulAbility
The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.
George Blagden
BestConflictDeepPlayWho
Everyone always says that conflict is drama, and I agree, but I also don't think you need drama everywhere. Or conflict everywhere.
Noah Hawley
ConflictThinkYouDramaNeedAgree
As prime minister, Hariri did not directly confront Hezbollah or the Syrians, but conflict simmered nonetheless.
Ronen Bergman
ConflictPrimeDidConfrontMinister
It was 'ST' format to let space and alien worlds, rather than human weakness, provide the conflict and danger necessary to our adventure show.
Gene Roddenberry
AdventureSpaceConflictWeakness
As president, Governor Romney would handle the Syrian conflict much differently. A President Romney would not ignore a growing conflict in a dangerous region involving allies the way Obama has, especially when chemical weapons could possibly be used.
Richard Grenell
ConflictIgnoreDangerousGrowing
The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace.
Martti Ahtisaari
ResponsibilityPeacePeopleConflict
You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff.
Harvey Korman
FunnyGoodBeginningConflictSmall
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.
Reuven Rivlin
ConflictWayRightTwoOwnMiddle
If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Molly Ivins
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