Violence Quotes · Page 69

When you live in a city, as I do, where violence is really in the streets, and people die every day, there's…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

— Malcolm X

For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.

— Fay Ripley

Working in sports for nearly the past twenty years, I have seen first-hand how gun violence affects athletes and their families.

— Suzy Shuster

If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.

— Bob Dole

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

— Paul Watson

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

— Aaron Allston

Men often prove the violence of their own prejudices, even by the violence with which they attack the prejudices of other people.

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun…

— Donald Trump

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and…

— George Orwell

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob…

— Ayn Rand

Trying to gin up political violence for its electoral utility is - I think inarguably what we're seeing here. And I know…

— Donna Brazile

“Studies of the Surgeon General’s office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of…

— Rebecca Solnit

In the 21st Century, I'd like to think women have the right to live lives free of both sexual violence and daily…

— Laura Bates

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted…

— Karen Armstrong

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

— Edward Bond

This wasn't the way I had imagined my adventures, but reality ignored my wishes from the get-go, giving me a body best…

— David Benioff

It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly…

— Calvin Coolidge

We ourselves, though we're guilty of every sin, are not just a work of God: we're image. Yet we have cut ourselves…

— Tertullian

It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their…

— Uri Avnery

The great thing about having a serialized drama (like 'Sons of Anarchy') is that I'm allowed to bring up events and circumstances…

— Kurt Sutter

What you don't want is for violence and gore to become more important than character and structure. A lot of slasher movies…

— Mike Flanagan

The automatic Kalashnikov is a tool, an implement designed for ordinary men, without much training or undue complications, to kill other men,…

— C. J. Chivers

“...I realized how naive I was. My aunt Tina was right: this stuff does exist, and it does hurt people, and although…

— Kevin Roose

There are moments in 'The Raid 2' where I wanted to use the camera to question screen violence.

— Gareth Evans

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Freddie Gray's life was poverty and violence. Trauma and hopelessness. His death was an exclamation point on an unspoken story.

— Wes Moore

Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

— Denis McDonough

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

Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

One day this all will change. Treat people the same. Stop with the violence down with the hate.

— Matisyahu

“No amount of culture or civilization can subdue or hide the wanton violence in man.”

— Kiran Nagarkar

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

— Cesar Chavez

“Begin to see the violence around you; begin to see the violence within you.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr