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		The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly character; for both parties know and admit that, should the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Albert Einstein
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Najib Mikati
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Daniel Barenboim
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've been trying to understand conflict and violence ever since I was a kid. You know. There were a few things that happened even on my block - the Black Panthers used to be right around the corner from where we were.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Forest Whitaker
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Valerie Jarrett
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carlisle Floyd
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		If you pick up an eighteenth-century play, at the top it says 'The Argument,' and then you have a list of characters, and then you have the play. I was just always struck by that - that, of course, good drama is about conflict.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Damian Lewis
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bayard Rustin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I guess this means that our conflict is finally over. Perhaps we should celebrate." – Saint Dane Perhaps you should bite me." Bobby
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				D. J. MacHale
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In their war against Israel's existence, the Arab governments took advantage of the Cold War. They enlisted the military, economic, and political support of the communist world against Israel, and they turned a local, regional conflict into an international powder keg.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yitzhak Shamir
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barry Eisler
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Nancy Gibbs