Conflict Avoidance Quotes

The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.

I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.

A man does not fight to win; it is better to fight in vain.

White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.

If I am called an appeaser because I oppose the country’s entry into the present war, I gladly accept the title.

I do not want to speak about our cooperation with Japan now. Thank God, we have had no such problems there. Nor would we want any to arise in the future. Therefore, everything needs to be pre-calculated, and we need to agree upon everything in advance.

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

You English are mad, mad, mad as March hares. What has come over you that you are so completely given over to suspicions quite unworthy of a great nation? What more can I do than I have done? I declared with all the emphasis at my command… that my heart is set upon peace, and that it is one of my dearest wishes to live on the best of terms with England. …. To be forever misjudged, to have my repeated offers of friendship weighed and scrutinized with jealous, mistrustful eyes, taxes my patience severely. I have said time after time that I am a friend of England, and your press … bids the people of England refuse my proffered hand and insinuates that the other holds a dagger. How can I convince a nation against its will ?

A great many wars come on because neither party quite knows how to give up in a controversy without humiliation.

There has never been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented. The common man is the greatest protection against war.

A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely, and it won't. They want decency to come about without anybody suffering or being embarrassed, and it won't. And most of all they want to give many of the enemies of open government the benefit of the doubt, and I don't. It's not just a difference of approach, it's a complete schism in our respective philosophy. You can't go about disclosure in the hope that it won't spoil anybody's dinner.

You want to win the wars you fight. That’s why you have to pick your wars carefully.

A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.

Unfortunately, I found out when I was trying to like square up with people and face off with people and, like, try to intimidate them and I'm pretty non-threatening.

I've never really had a problem with people.

You have to distance yourself from hate, period.

Throughout my career, I've never really been a guy who created drama or wanted to deal with drama.

Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which may make you misjudge the thickness of their skin, and fail to worry about insulting them. But should you offend their honor and their pride, they will overwhelm you with a violence that seems sudden and extreme given their slowness to anger. If you want to turn people down, it is best to do so politely and respectfully, even if you feel their request is impudent or their offer ridiculous.

I'm not a good talker, I'm a good fighter.

The victories of peace are great but the victories of war are greater. No merchant, no banker, no railroad magnate, no inventor of improved industrial processes, can do for any nation what can be done for it by its great fighting men..

Asian cultures... place great value on avoiding open expression of disagreement and conflict because they emphasize harmony.