“Only firms that can handle a full SLC, together with the multiple cultures required to drive it, will be able to cope with the many and conflicting demands of a complex regime.”
Source: Knowledge Assets, 1998, p. 205
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"A configurational perspective on key account management", 2002
Source: Knowledge Assets, 1998, p. 151; As cited in: Ortiz et al. (2006)

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.”
"Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College in Illinois," May 9, 1982. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42501
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

1920s, Whose Country Is This? (1921)
Context: The laws of supply and demand, therefore, are adjuncts to immigration regulation. I do not fear the arrival of as many immigrants a year as shipping conditions or passport requirements can handle, provided they are of good character. But there is no room for the alien who turns toward America with the avowed intention of opposing government, with a set desire to teach destruction of government— which means not only enmity toward organized society, but toward every form of religion and so basic an institution as the home.

“I’m a firm believer that in-depth subjects can be better handled in a fantasy setting.”
Undated comment at his official site. http://www.starlin.com/creations/
Context: I’m a firm believer that in-depth subjects can be better handled in a fantasy setting. … Let’s face it, traveling to some far off land is a terrific way to break the mold, to do something different. Isn’t that why we go on vacations?
“The easiest way to cope with complexity is not having it.”
Treo Notes (December 2006 - December 2009)
Source: Management and technology, Problems of Progress Industry, 1958, p. 23

“The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.”
Quoted in Aly Monroe, "Black Bear"