Violence Quotes · Page 49

It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be…

— Malcolm X

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

— Leo Tolstoy

I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

— Jet Li

You treat violence as an aberration ... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition.

— Dan Simmons

I don't care what color you are! no mother should have to bury her child at the hands of some senseless violence!

— Michael Ealy

My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence.

— Juan Pablo Escobar

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

No amount of violence you've done to others prepares you for violence done to yourself.

— Glen Duncan

The State lives by its very existence on the two-fold and pervasive employment of aggressive violence against the very liberty and property…

— Murray Rothbard

Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible…

— Al Sharpton

There is the emergence of a militarized society that now organizes itself for the production of violence. A society in which the…

— Henry Giroux

I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common…

— Jessica Valenti

In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violence rather than anything else. So it's important…

— Vivek Murthy

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager…

— Laozi

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“All the accounts of the burial of Jesus are somber, laced through with the silence of grief, the shock that violence does…

— Megan McKenna

Violence, with its ever-present economy of uncertainty, fear, and terror, is no longer merely a side effect of police brutality, war, or…

— Henry Giroux

To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban…

— Josh Sugarmann

The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and…

— Nelson Mandela

I always wanted to be a part of Nicolas Winding Refn world, but knew he would never make a movie that has…

— Elle Fanning

Bridges are burning all around us; bridges to responses that might have mitigated the already brutal (and just beginning) ravages of Peak…

— Michael Ruppert

For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show…

— Forest Whitaker

“If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow…

— Clarence Darrow

Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old.

— Robert Muchamore

“I understand more that pain is evidence to our awakening to truth and also a measure of closeness to truth.”

— Adam Scott Huerta

To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.

— Gwen John

“There is only one rule about violence. Do whatever you must do to make it stop.”

— Megan Lindholm

I feel Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence was for the intelligent, educated British.It was not for those who don't understand this language.

— Raj Thackeray

Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.

— Jason Winston George

It’s impossible to say who has guns in Gaza anymore. The ballots are the only thing that can stop the violence at…

— Saeb Erekat

To use violence against a peaceful man is the greatest immorality and the biggest rot ever!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Refraining from violence is not a sign of weakness in one's faith but a sign that one's faith is unshakeable

— Hillary Clinton

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

— Sandra Cisneros

It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

— Tim Bishop

I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?

— Bette Midler

We, the FBI, don't investigate ideology, no matter how repugnant. When it turns to violence, we're all over it.

— Christopher A. Wray

“Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.

— Rollo May