Violence Quotes · Page 49

To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.

— Pope Francis

“Sure, the story kicks off with the deaths of thousands of people, but god forbid there be cussing in it, right?”

— Amie Kaufman

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The use of violence by individuals... is not a position that I support or would ever want to be in again.

— Susan Rosenberg

The Koran is a fascist book which incites violence. That is why this book, just like [Adolf Hitler's] Mein Kampf, must be…

— Geert Wilders

The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are, Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence.

— Anonymous

“Unfortunately, violence has a way of overpowering even the strongest of wills”

— Kenneth Eade

“I always forget that you have seen far more violence than we have,” Zoe says,”

— Veronica Roth

The plight of the terrified Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border to escape violence and poverty in their…

— Óscar Arias

Islam doesn't promote violence or peace. Islam is just a religion, and like every religion in the world, it depends on what…

— Reza Aslan

Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on…

— Michael Franti

“But as urban life accelerated and expanded, it disrupted the old sense of order. This new way of living generated unprecedented social…

— Ilia Delio

When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a…

— Stanley Crouch

This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We…

— Janet Mock

We can love religion as we need rituals, but The Holy Spirit is a bird, free to fly and land where it…

— Sinead O'Connor

“But in Hebrew scripture David is not just the “sweet singer of Israel,” the chiseled poet who plays a harp and composes…

— steven pinker

It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the…

— Anonymous

“When politicians like Sen. Joseph Lieberman target video game violence, perhaps it is to distract attention from the material conditions that give…

— Henry Jenkins

“Man is born violent but is kept in check by the people around him. If he nevertheless manages to throw off his…

— Ernst Jünger

So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you…

— Kathleen Hanna

I do find some of the meanest, most exclusionary people are the nerds. And they rebel against other nerds! What are you…

— Chris Hardwick

It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, with strong alliances and…

— Jimmy Carter

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.

— Pranab Mukherjee

“All this miraculous hatred. Christ, a man can't eat his breakfast for filling his belly full of it.”

— Colum McCann

I am committed to advancing common sense solutions to address our nation's gun violence epidemic.

— Dean Phillips

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.

— Martin Luther King

I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting.

— Chuck Klosterman

People are sort of numb to watching violence, but sexual activity is still as strong as it ever was in terms of…

— Steven Soderbergh

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We're seeing that women continue to make less money, they continue to face violence.

— Niki Ashton

“Nonviolence cannot be used successfully to protect special privileges that have been won by violence.”

— David T. Dellinger

“Those who abjure violence can only do so by others committing violence on their behalf.”

— George Orwell

“Orgy-porgy, round and round and round, beating one another in six-eight time.”

— Aldous Huxley

Donald Trump is correct when he suggests that African-Americans are outraged by gun violence.

— Lucy McBath

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“I have witnessed enough violence in my lifetime to invite a thousand nightmares.”

— James Flerlage

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

— Jeffery Deaver

“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.”

— Edward Bond