Disputes Quotes - Page 2

• The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Silence, Religion

  Thomas Jefferson (1832). “Notes on the State of Virginia”, p.168

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• The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

  Alva Myrdal

  Heart, Ambition, Men

  Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.

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• Could we forbear dispute, and practise love,
  We should agree as angels do above.

  Edmund Waller

  Love, Life, Angel

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham”, p.184

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• I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Military, War, Men

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• The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

  A. P. Herbert

  Funny, Life, Anniversary

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• It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Agreement, Long, Lost Friendship

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• That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Holiday, Stories, Way

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• If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

  Saint Augustine

  Friendship, Hands, Two Friends

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• The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.

  A.J. Ayer

  Philosophical, Philosopher, Traditional

  "Language, Truth, and Logic" by A.J. Ayer, (Ch. 1), 1936.

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• It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.

  William Penn

  Endless

  William Penn (1841). “Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life”, p.40

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• You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Peace, People, Resolution

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.26, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• Never cut what you can untie.

  Joseph Joubert

  Life, Cutting, Interesting

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.86

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• Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

  Hamilton Wright Mabie

  Funny, Humor, Wind

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• Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

  William James

  Teamwork, Men, Two

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• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

  Indira Gandhi

  Life, Friendship, Leadership

  "Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders". The New York Times, October 20, 1971.

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• The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Country, Alternatives, Conflict

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• Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Marriage, Long, Conversation

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2015). “Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson”, p.78, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter.

  Francis Bond Head

  Bread, Quarrels, Ifs

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• Don't find fault, find a remedy.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Cute, Sad

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• The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

  James Buchanan

  Patriotic, Men, Presidential

  James Buchanan (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.309, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

  Juvenal

  Cases

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• Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  War, Maintenance, Guarantees

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• It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Track, Important, Overcoming

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• Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, War, Victory

  Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, September 25, 1961.

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