Violence Quotes · Page 84

Those who use the term 'alt-left' consistently point to violence from the left, often by anti-fascists - both perceived and real.

— Elizabeth Flock

I do not like violence, but ours is a violent time, and there are some men who understand nothing else.

— Louis L'Amour

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children

— Elie Wiesel

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

America's addiction to violence is partly evident in the heroes it chooses to glorify.

— Henry Giroux

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

— Sylvester Stallone

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

— Timothy Garton Ash

“If nothing else, Malus Darkblade, you can be counted on to react to adversity with as much violence as physically possible"- Tzarkan”

— Dan Abnett

The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by…

— Edward Abbey

We should live out our particular brand of faith, sure - but we should never force our brand of faith upon anyone…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

Reagan's neglect of the inner city is responsible for hiphop. Hiphop is created thanks to the conditions that crack set: easy money…

— Questlove

When the entire administration of the state connives with the perpetrators of violence to thwart justice at every step, clearly there is…

— Prashant Bhushan

My therapist said to me 'OK, let's just say your daughters do end up marrying someone like him. When the abuse starts…

— Sheri Moon Zombie

More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I…

— George W. Bush

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

From our perspective, while violence against women is a problem in it of itself, it's also usually an extreme form of treatment…

— Neera Tanden

Children, presenting at our border, who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis.…

— Jen Psaki

Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As a thinker I keep discovering that beauty itself is as much a fact, and a mystery...I consider nature's facts -- its…

— Annie Dillard

Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual…

— Anonymous

Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You've gotta be careful. People don't want to be reminded of Vietnam and Korea. We lost thousands of fine young men and…

— Hal Needham

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured…

— William Hazlitt

Along with everything else, I know that there is a beauty in mankind. It is a beauty that no ugliness, no violence,…

— Don Pendleton

The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation.

— Anais Nin

I'm not sure that the problem of violence in society can be put at the feet of the entertainment industry.

— Ivana Milicevic

The atrocities in Cambodia are a direct and understandable response to the violence of the imperial system.

— Noam Chomsky

“When Violence floods the State from above, flowery land razed for robot proliferation”

— Allen Ginsberg

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

— Mariska Hargitay

My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind.

— Gabrielle Union

“Education about gender and peace is important. Educational strategies to promote peace must consider all relations of dominance.”

— Widad Akrawi

“You should be querying why you consider a violent society as being normal.”

— Steven Magee

There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?

— Mahatma Gandhi

Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and…

— Murray Edelman

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

— Nelson Mandela

Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice.

— Daniel Cameron

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

— John Boyne

“By the time they're out of preschool, most children have already seen thousands of acts of violence.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

— Maya Angelou