William J. Clinton Quotes About Conflict

Quotes about: Conflict

• When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

  William J. Clinton

  Hurt, Real, People

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

• One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that what works in politics is organization and conflict. That is, drawing the sharp distinctions. But in real life, what works is networks and cooperation. And we need victories in real life, so we've got to get back to networks and cooperation, not just conflict. But politics has always been about conflict, and in the coverage of politics, information dissemination tends to be organized around conflict as well.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Real, Organization

  "Bill Clinton: Someone We Can All Agree On". Interview with Charles P. Pierce and Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

• We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Patriotic, Presidential

• At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.

  William J. Clinton

  Peace, Moving, Taken

• If you believe in a security strategy - a strategy of more friends and fewer enemies, a strategy of greater cooperation and a strategy of keeping America better at home as we grow more diverse - we have to build the minds and hearts to build this kind of world.

  William J. Clinton

  Believe, Home, Heart

• I spent a lot of time when I was president, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism.

  William J. Clinton

  Travel, War, Understanding

• When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.

  William J. Clinton

  Real, Broken, World

  Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention, www.washingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

• The good news is you can get a lot of information off the Internet for free and in a hurry. But I think the breaking up of the media, which is otherwise kind of healthy, has contributed to less actual reporting and a louder, more contentious, more divisive public discourse, highlighting conflict, sometimes falsely.

  William J. Clinton

  Thinking, Media, Healthy

  "Bill Clinton: Someone We Can All Agree On". Interview with Charles P. Pierce and Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

• We live to prove that cooperation works better than conflict.

  William J. Clinton

  Cooperation, Conflict, Prove

  "Reinventing the Model for Solving Global Ills - Six Lessons from the Clinton Global Initiative 2012" by Joan Michelson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

• Constant conflict is actually often good politics. Because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at election day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.

  William J. Clinton

  Party, Winning, Reality

  "Bill Clinton on shutdown: 'politics is not theology'". William J. Clinton's speech at a convention of the National Community Pharmacists Association in Orlando, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 14, 2013.

• I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.

  William J. Clinton

  Adversity, Commitment, Years

• The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

  William J. Clinton

  War, Fighting, Power

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