Violence Quotes · Page 48

“sacralized, violence made sacred in the very act of being expelled; or still, human violence transformed from bad and destructive”

— Cesareo Bandera

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I don't condone domestic violence, but women...know your place, you're not stronger than men.

— Anonymous

Physical violence was never an option for men or women in my family.

— Anubhav Sinha

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

— Bill Cosby

“Remember, I'm the only person her who's paid to be nice to you. But not too nice. Give me any lip and…

— Orson Scott Card

The Second Amendment is not optional, and neither is keeping our kids safe from violence.

— John E. James

Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence.

— Lawrence Reed

We're getting rid of the D [in PTSD]. PTS is an injury; it's not a disorder. The problem is when you call…

— George W. Bush

With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those…

— Jürgen Moltmann

The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support…

— Barbara Boxer

And what is it, according to Plato, that philosophy is supposed to do? Nothing less than to render violence to our sense…

— Rebecca Goldstein

Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.

— Mia Bloom

“The absolute defining moment of my life was the day the drug deal went bad. It started out just like any other…

— Valerie Fries Wade

No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets.…

— Jose Padilha

“My worst fear is that people will feel unheard, even if their opinions aren’t desirable. When people think of themselves as unheard,…

— Seth Daniel Parker

Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies…

— Bobby Scott

Men: Stand in solidarity with women. Women, if you were born female, you were born on a battlefield. You will be punished…

— Lierre Keith

“Take terrorism, one example among the methods used in that struggle. We know that leftist tradition condemns terrorism and political assassination. When…

— Albert Memmi

When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, there's part…

— Amanda Lindhout

The responsibility for the risks we posed to others in some of our most extreme actions in those underground years never leaves…

— Bill Ayers

“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State…

— Murray N. Rothbard

It is a relatively small number of people who want to impose their will by the use of terror on the rest…

— John Reid

“They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all their…

— Lee Child

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars...

— Martin Luther King, Jr

No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.”

— Steven Pinker

“There is no such thing as a "just" war. It's just war. And it's antithetical to the Gospel.”

— David D. Flowers

“Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times.”

— Steven Pinker

...In every realm of male expression and action, violence is experienced and articulated as love and freedom.

— Andrea Dworkin

“The war is against children, and all the other wars are just a shadow of the war on children.”

— Stefan Molyneux

One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

— Marquis de Sade

“The dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.”

— Corban Addison

One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.

— Janos Bolyai

I personally believe that violence against women in our society is not going anywhere.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Under no circumstance must we allow anyone to incite violence against our nation. That is not acceptable.

— Shatrughan Sinha

Let's start a movement - a movement of men who aren't afraid to stop violence against women.

— Carlos Andres Gomez

To liberate women and end violence is to break down the culture of power imbalance.

— Jess Phillips

I founded Homeboy Industries in 1988 after I buried my first young person killed in our streets because of gang violence.

— Greg Boyle