Violence Quotes · Page 42

Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness

— Mahatma Gandhi

You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

— Condoleezza Rice

“Isn't violence a failure of the imagination, after all? And that failure, isn't it stupidity?”

— Jeet Thayil

The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.

— Laozi

“Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth.”

— Bryant McGill

The bulldozers and the tanks, The gases and the guns, The bombs that fall outside my door, All due to your funds

— Outlandish

“The history of humanity is, to a very great extent, a history of violence.”

— David Livingstone Smith

Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace,…

— Alcee Hastings

“I am not going to believe in militant nationalism, which cultivates a culture of intolerance, Can't we think of a solution without…

— Tarif Naaz

While migration is inevitable, the fact remains that most people leave their homes to escape violence and the certain persecution that comes…

— Richard Grenell

Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing…

— Hillary Clinton

The ANC was the product of a much earlier South Africa, a gradualist and non-tribal multi-racial organisation, driven to violence by the…

— Justin Cartwright

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where…

— Cofer Black

“Every doctrine of violence and machinery of reaction has relied on his frightening it is to contemplate the crushing of hope. Far…

— Gargi Bhattacharyya

It does violence to the English language to assert that a president who has violated a duty entrusted to him by the…

— Charles T. Canady

When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy. When Obama wanted to bomb…

— Paul Bloom

This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never forth with such brilliancy as when the…

— Pope Leo X

In response to the escalating violence in Iraq, President Bush is delaying the return home of 25,000 troops and will actually add…

— Tina Fey

Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in…

— Shakira

“I shook my head. "I'm good, Nicky helped." Nicky looked at Edward. "She's having one of those what-if-killing-feels-really-good, doesn't-that-make-me-a-bad-person moments." Edward nodded…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs…

— Frank Pittman

“I think it would be cool if we wore suits while we committed these violent acts of retribution. Not fancy suits. No.…

— Joey Comeau

I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and…

— Ti West

The Violence Against Women Act is personal to me because I know the programs and services it funds are lifesaving.

— Cori Bush

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

— Gloria Steinem

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

— Patricia Ireland

“Tuscan is an unambiguous tongue that bristles with restrained violence.”

— Beppe Severgnini

In my opinion, Islam is an outdated religion. It's not modern. And therefore, there's too much space for violence.

— Matteo Salvini

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

— Pearl Bailey

“It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put human face on random cosmic violence.”

— Carl Sagan

Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby.

— Jeff B. Davis

“Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.”

— Steven Pinker

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

— Henri Nouwen

Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent.

— Leonard Cohen

Crowds of people moved through the streets with a dream-like violence.

— Nathanael West

Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.

— Nikki Giovanni

I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

— Rose Namajunas

“REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.”

— Bryant McGill

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

— Andrea Dworkin