Physical Violence Quotes

21 quotes by 17 authors

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. — Theodor Adorno
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations,… — Harry S. Truman
Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or the other or both parties to a marriage contract. Someone is thinking… — Spencer W. Kimball
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however subtle, is violence,… — Satish Kumar
If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and… — Mahatma Gandhi
I've never liked talking about my personal life, ever. Ever since I was 20, I've lived in a kind of public arena; and there have… — Timothy Dalton
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only… — Ayn Rand
To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means the freedom to… — Thomas Merton
As a teenager in Brooklyn Quentin had often imagined himself engaged in martial heroics, but after this he knew, as a cold immutable fact, that… — Lev Grossman
Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral philosophy and political… — Geoffrey Miller
My family were staunch believers in physical violence, not automatic violence, and we had a Safeway around the corner, so we never really needed to… — Laurie Notaro
I wish you would stop and seriously consider, as a broad and long-term feminist political strategy, the conversion of women to a woman-identified and woman-directed… — Marilyn Frye
Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle. — Chazz Palminteri
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone. — Catherine Deneuve
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them.… — Terry Pratchett
The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who Wrote These Physical Violence Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 21 Physical Violence Quotes as follows: