A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.
But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend.
I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.
When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.
Here is a fundamental conflict in educated society: We are not supposed to value beauty so highly, and yet who can defend against its sheer power to move, its rhetorical force?
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a good story - but the chord has to be resolved.
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
Success in past U.S. conflicts has not been strictly the result of military leadership but rather the judgment of the president in choosing generals and setting broad strategy.
I was born in 1962, and it seems that throughout my entire life the world has demanded peace but maintained conflict.
Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with - to the extent that cop shows are mirrors of the culture.
The Book of Revelation is such a dream landscape that you can plug any major conflict in it.
We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
Drama is about conflict, and it's about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about.
Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.
