"Conflict will never be eliminated from human affairs. Conflict is simply the active expression of difference, and an essential part of human development. Without conflict change would be impossible. Our goal as a species at this point in our development is to mold a world in which conflict can be contained within a larger embracing understanding—the realization that we share certain goals and aspirations in common, no matter how much we scream at each other about procedures."
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A Dream Deferred: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal (1992). Boston: Beacon Press. p. 29.
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Philip Slater
Philip Elliot Slater (May 15, 1927 – June 20, 2013) was an American sociologist, social critic, and author.
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