Johnson says that the Buffalo Soldiers learned to keep their tempers under control, because if they didn't rise above a conflict, they'd be court-martialed and lose their jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

So the main business of government consists in knowing how to control the elites because they are always a potential source of conflict and ambition.

因此统治的第一要务在于,懂得如何控制精英人物因为,他们往往是冲突和野心的潜在来源。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

How to control for conflict between factions.

如何控制派系间的冲突。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Smith believes after centuries of Ottoman control, Western colonization and decades of conflict Arabs are trying to stabilize and strengthen their societies and looking for that strong horse to lead them out of their troubled past.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18