Richard M. Bissell Jr. Quotes

Turkey is a plague spot … a breeder of wars

Turmoil stimulates.

War is unsettling.

I come from a place of lots of turmoil.

Chaos does not unify. Chaos only serves the most extreme elements of society that seek to destabilize any semblance of order to fulfill their selfish lust for power.

No season now for calm, familiar talk.

I am sort of drawn toward places in the world where there is struggle and conflict.

The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Africa is a very dangerous place.

This is an era of violent peace.

We are going through a terrible crisis. We do not know exactly what is going to happen, but in our hearts the pendulum of the seismograph is already swinging.

This Middle East thing is maddening.

When suspicion and hostility is allowed to fester, it can erupt into unrest.

The last thing we need in Missouri is more violence and strife in our communities.

Sexual passion is the cause of war and the end of peace, the basis of what is serious... and consequently the concentration of all desire

Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.

We are the fault line; if you don't deal with this fault line, you're going to have an earthquake, that's what we always said.

Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other.

We've created a more dangerous world. We've created more violence. We've unraveled the fabric of our own society. We've watched everything get worse. We've watched countries be destroyed, and we've watched war become the answer to every question.

Nor is heaven always at peace.

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.

Libya is still a mess right now.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.