Conflict Quotes

"It raises the specter of a conflict of interest. It's an ethical question."

"Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword."

"What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict."

"More will mean worse."

"It's made up of good members; there was a personality conflict, ... I can step in and take the station equipment and create a new fire department."

"There's an internal conflict as Bush tries to satisfy two different constituencies. The public finds reassurance in government taking a harsher stance, but big business is a little conflicted in that it traditionally doesn't want government putting too many regulations on it."

"It's too close and it creates a real potential for conflict of interest."

"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

"There have been a number of studies done, but the results conflict."

"Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world."

"With lucrative industry employment ahead of them, FCC chairs — and most commissioners — have a built-in conflict of interest. They simply can't take the independent positions necessary to fulfill their responsibilities to the public and to the public interest."

"The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it ... So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for."

"He's made an extraordinary effort to move beyond last year's conflict with the city's unions. He's reached out to the Greater Boston Labor Council, trying to mend fences, and last night's vote reflects that. The vote was unanimous."

"We are dealing here with a conflict of rights; there's right on both sides."

"This can put their circadian rhythm, or biological clock, in conflict with the school bell, ... The result illustrates a critical trend: too many teens come to school too sleepy to learn. And their fatigue often leads to behavior problems that contribute to a negative overall school performance and experience."

"We're fighting a low-intensity conflict that is multifaceted,"

"There's some conflict there -- on the one hand, you have Atlas for doing cross-platform Windows applications. On the other, you have Windows Presentation Foundation to keep developers on the (Windows) platform, ... It's not clear for developers, but I think the market will drive it more than Microsoft."

"The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness."

"The government will get a lot of blame; why did we bring this conflict? What happened?"

"repeatedly urged all actors in conflict situations around the world -- governments, local authorities and armed forces -- to protect the right of all citizens to reliable information and the right of journalists to provide it without fearing for their security."