Violence Quotes

Violence Quote of the day

Whatever makes a man a beast also renders him pitiable. But it behoves us to be wary of these besti*l men despite our compassion, for they frequently turn on their friends.

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Some werewolves are hairy on the inside.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

In Labor movements generally, success through violence can hardly be expected except in circumstances where success without violence is attainable.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

Through violence you may murder the hater, but you cannot murder hate.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

The problems we face now - poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad - will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them in the first place.

And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence to our sense of ourselves and our world, our sense of ourselves in the world. (p. 40)

Pounding that kid, I really wanted to put a bullet between the eyes of every endangered panda that wouldn't screw to save its species and every whale or dolphin that gave up and ran itself aground.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious he learned the habit from Nature.

And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.

If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.

Is some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen.

Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.