Violence Quotes · Page 79

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

— Emily Bronte

Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves the insects are eating each other; violence is a part…

— Francis Bacon

All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.

— Catharine MacKinnon

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.

— Barack Obama

One the most efficient ways to combat gun violence is to prevent criminals from obtaining guns in the first place.

— Conor Lamb

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

— Elie Wiesel

The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no…

— Mehdi Hasan

We need laws against rape and such violence; but at the same time, if women are misusing the law, we need to…

— Pooja Bedi

“When the payoff for organizing violence at a large scale tumbles, the payoff from violence at a smaller scale is likely to…

— James Dale Davidson

My words like eyes that flinch from light, refuse And shut upon obscurity; my acts Cast to their opposites by impatient violence…

— Stephen Spender

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its…

— Willie Mays

It's funny to see a film in Spain with a lot of violence because we don't have a lot of violence. Well,…

— Javier Camara

Everything done by the state is ultimately done by means of aggression, which is to say violence or the threat of violence…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they…

— Frank Pittman

In any conflict area, it is always the women who are the first point of attack. But I think the more they…

— Fatima Bhutto

Kant argued that, where nature could be considered beautiful in her acts of destruction, human violence appeared instead as monstrous. However, a…

— Richard Marshall

We have reached a crossroads in human evolution where the only road which leads forward is towards a common passion. . .…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Xaden's head snaps in my direction. 'Violence?' I take a step and then another, holding my frame upright with muscle memory I…

— Rebecca Yarros

“Even the most outspoken of the critics must admit that long before we had print and film media to "spread the word,"…

— Gary Gygax

The greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion, which is war against the child. The mother doesn't learn to love, but…

— Mother Teresa

What drivel it all is!... A string of words called religion. Another string of words called philosophy. Half a dozen other stringscalled…

— Aldous Huxley

“We should write as we dream; we should even try and write, we should all do it for ourselves, it’s very healthy,…

— Helene Cixous

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.

— Adolf Hitler

In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

— A. J. Muste

All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

— Alana Stewart

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

— Paul Walker

I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like…

— Charlize Theron

“A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration.”

— Robert Higgs

We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.

— Haider al-Abadi

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.

— Karin Slaughter

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

— Francois Fenelon

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr

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

— James Cagney

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

— Marianne Williamson

Violence makes people commit atrocious evil without even realizing it.

— David Dellinger

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

— Barack Obama

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

— Booger McFarland