Quotes about Conflict

Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

Lay waste all the settlements around... that the country may not be merely overrun, but destroyed ... listen to any overture of peace before the total ruin of their settlements is effected.

Ask yourself: if that is what Jesus is all about - that is, getting us to love one another - then why did everyone reject him?

IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS FAR AS IT DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE. Most people prefer to live peacefully with others, but when there are conflicts, many wait for the other person to make the first move. Problems inevitably arise when both parties wait for the other to take the first step.

Zealots: a Jewish movement in the first century AD that focused on the use of violence to restore the Land and establish the kingdom of God.

But their peace will never be greater than when they encounter evil people in peace and are willing to suffer from them."48

Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?

Why do we have to talk about it? Why? I never saw anything like this. Every time we're going to attack somebody we explain....