Violent Quotes

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Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild… — Lester Bangs
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to… — Michael Badnarik
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is… — Honore de Balzac
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This… — Albert Bandura
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. — Georges Bataille
The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter… — Joseph Addison
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of… — Pope Benedict XVI
To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority… — Alfred Adler
No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do… — Annie Besant
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to… — Tony Blair
Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and… — Jerry Brown
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in… — James Lee Burke
Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and… — George W. Bush
When it kind of went to 'Street Fighter', where you had to push 13 buttons with all 13 of your fingers and ripped the spine… — Nolan Bushnell
No violent extreme endures. — Thomas Carlyle
Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at… — Jim Carrey
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent. — Jackie Chan
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent… — George Chapman
On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means. — Hillary Clinton

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