Neighborly Conflict Quotes

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbors.

Whenever a massacre of Armenians is reported from Asia Minor, everyone assumes that it has been carried out "under orders" from somewhere or another; no one seems to think that there are people who might like to kill their neighbors now and then.

O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.

When the enemy is right next door, no one from a distance has a right to dismiss the threat.

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors.

The most pious man can't stay in peace If it doesn't please his evil neighbor.

I'm very glad Christ tells us to love our neighbor and not to like our neighbor because it's hard to like someone threatening your children and throwing fire bombs through your window, but He asks us to love them and that I can do

Men are subject to powerful passions and appetites, and, if unrestrained, are capable of ruthlessly riding roughshod over their neighbors and the community at large.