Violence Quotes · Page 35

The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.

— Richard M. Daley

Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals.

— Robert Thurman

When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect which his heat and violence made him utterly forget?

— Eustace Budgell

“As long as we do violence to other animals, we’ll keep on doing violence to ourselves.”

— Paul Russell

To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given…

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

One day this all will change. Treat people the same. Stop with the violence down with the hate.

— Matisyahu

I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence. But this time is different.

— Barack Obama

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence,…

— Mairead Corrigan

I myself am a very, very peaceful person. Throughout our history, from our own American revolution to the resistance against apartheid in…

— Tom Morello

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's…

— Mahatma Gandhi

One day, youll want silence, but there will be harsh violence. One day, youll want peace, there will be no one to…

— Curly Girl

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue…

— Neil Jordan

The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a…

— Opal Tometi

The key fallacy of so called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm…

— Thomas Sowell

The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't…

— Christopher McQuarrie

“Research on organised abuse emphasises the diversity of organised abuse cases, and the ways in which serious forms of child maltreatment cluster…

— Michael Salter

If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like…

— Gloria Steinem

“The 21st century has certainly seen the rape of women in wartime, but it has long been treated as an atrocious war…

— Steven Pinker

You know, my mom, she's a little older than me. Her history in watching, you know, police violence and violence, period, over…

— Rodney King

I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic…

— Nelson Mandela

Imagine a world, if you will, where crime does not exist. A startling proposition that seems outlandish, but our imaginations, of course,…

— Sarah Weinman

“Is this, Miriam wonders, what they call the march of history? And even if she doesn't fully understand, it doesn't mean she…

— Peter Orner

When the supreme violence of a furious wind upon the sea sweeps over the waters the chief admiral of a fleet along…

— Lucretius

I think the NFL needs a more stringent policy when it comes to domestic violence. Make the punishment work.

— Booger McFarland

Violence makes people commit atrocious evil without even realizing it.

— David Dellinger

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

— Marianne Williamson

Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

— Cesar Chavez

“Begin to see the violence around you; begin to see the violence within you.”

— Bryant McGill

“No amount of culture or civilization can subdue or hide the wanton violence in man.”

— Kiran Nagarkar

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I'm sick of guns and beating up women. Movies should be entertaining, not bloodbaths.

— James Cagney

Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Odisha is a peaceful state; the people will not stand for violence in a democracy.

— Naveen Patnaik

Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.

— John F. Kerry

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

— Paul Watson