Brutality Quotes

204 quotes by 170 authors

Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion. — Julia Ward Howe
Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground his teeth and… — J F C Fuller
We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he… — Iris Origo
I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore… — Todd Solondz
We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way… — Wallace Shawn
Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Social systems proceed by (usually) covering up the brutalities upon which they are based. The doctor doesn't let you get to his door and then… — Tyler Cowen
The second assault on Fallujah was a monument to brutality and atrocity made in the United States of America. Like the Spanish city of Guernica… — Dahr Jamail
A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more forceful for its… — Donna Jo Napoli
The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny. — Ho Chi Minh
Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite… — Karl Marx
The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life. — Adam Gopnik
That's the brutality of a breakup, isn't it? The people leaving think they did everything possible, the people left behind think what is possible hasn't… — Laura Dave
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals. — Robert Thurman
What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of… — Linda Foley
The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of… — Pola Negri
I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their… — George Grosz
I have pushed virtue to outright brutality. — Jean Racine

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