--- title: "4 Azar Gat Quotes" description: "Azar Gat is an Israeli researcher of war, nationalism and ideology, and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Re..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/azar-gat-68019_coalitionary_revenge-has-probably-been-the-most-regul_1356684.jpg" --- # Azar Gat **4** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Azar Gat is an Israeli researcher of war, nationalism and ideology, and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations at Tel Aviv University. ## Quotes by Azar Gat > [“Revenge has probably been the most regular and prominent cause of fighting cited in anthropological accounts of pre-state societies. Violence was activated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-gat/revenge-has-probably-been-the-most-regular-and-prominent-cause-of/) [Azar Gat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-gat/) [Coalitionary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coalitionary-34141/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/azar-gat-68019_coalitionary_revenge-has-probably-been-the-most-regul_1356684.jpg) > [“Still, connecting others to the world economy -voluntarily, by pressure, and even by force- constituted, in principle, their only road to sustained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-gat/still-connecting-others-to-the-world-economy-voluntarily-by-pressure/) [Azar Gat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-gat/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/azar-gat-68019_death_still-connecting-others-to-the-world-eco_1606985.jpg) > [“To avoid a misconception, it must be clarified that a world of steadily increasing wealth by no means ends human competition, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-gat/to-avoid-a-misconception-it-must-be-clarified-that-a-world-of/) [Azar Gat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-gat/) [Homo sapiens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/homo-sapiens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/azar-gat-68019_homo-sapiens_to-avoid-a-misconception-it-must-be-clar_1799524.jpg) > [“Humans have far longer memories than do animals and, thus revenge -the social settling of accounts with those who offended them- assumes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-gat/humans-have-far-longer-memories-than-do-animals-and-thus-revenge-the/) [Azar Gat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-gat/) [Coalitionary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coalitionary-34141/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/azar-gat-68019_coalitionary_humans-have-far-longer-memories-than-do_2812270.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-gat/#itemlist", "name": "Azar Gat Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Revenge has probably been the most regular and prominent cause of fighting cited in anthropological accounts of pre-state societies. 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