Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Introduction: Mari Fitzduff, a conflict resolver from Northern Ireland, comments on the problem of revenge.

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Martyrs
Mari Fitzduff
Professor and Director of the MA Conflict and Coexistence Programme at Brandeis University

Interviewed by
Julian Portilla
2003

The martyrs that develop around the grave become the next problem.

A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. -- Golda Meir

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