Violence Quotes · Page 53

I will work tirelessly to defend all communities, including the LGBTQ one, from terrorism and violence.

— Donald Trump

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

— Herman Melville

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

— Megan Lindholm

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

— Gwen John

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

— Adam Scott Huerta

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

— Robert Muchamore

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

— Glen Duncan

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

Violence against women in this country is not levied against just Democrats, but Republicans as well... not just rich people or poor…

— Gwen Moore

The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is…

— Kenneth Kaunda

Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each…

— Elliott Abrams

Intemperance is naturally punished with diseases; rashness, with mischance; injustice; with violence of enemies; pride, with ruin; cowardice, with oppression; and rebellion,…

— Thomas Hobbes

“He noticed, without understanding, how the flames were visible now against the dull light. Evening was come, not with calm beauty but…

— William Golding

Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the…

— Gillian Anderson

The problem is that our whole tribe - if you will, the larger community of humanity itself - is on a death…

— Frances Moore Lappé

“They understood what had really held the market together before. Violence. After all, what good was a debt if the creditor couldn't…

— Alex London

When my kids were in preschool, I was part of a carpooling group. One mother sometimes showed up with bruises on her…

— Patty Murray

I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will…

— Barack Obama

When you look at police violence, over the last three or four years, whether you call it a social, economic or racial…

— Edwin Hodge

There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and…

— Susan Rice

The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Sometimes, with portrayals of domestic violence, the women involved are just victims with no personality, just completely trodden-down. But people continue to…

— Georgina Campbell

If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and…

— Pierre Trudeau

We don't need no more danger, we don't need no more difficulties, we don't need no more misunderstanding, and we don't need…

— Burning Spear

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

— Juan Pablo Escobar

“Come see the violence inherit in the system!! Help Help I'm being oppressed!!”

— Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.

— Russell Simmons

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

— Sunday Adelaja

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

— Christopher A. Wray

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

— Rollo May

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

— Bette Midler

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

— Tim Bishop

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

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

— Sandra Cisneros

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

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

— Jason Winston George

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

Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.

— Michael Scheuer