Violent Quotes

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I expect a black silence that is almost as violent as laughter. — Jean Cocteau
The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless,… — Seamus Heaney
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp. You will see… — Ciaran Carson
I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and yet… — Jacques Audiard
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene onÂ behalf of those who do not have them, as though… — Martin Luther
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to… — H. Rap Brown
Every effective drug provokes in the human body a sort of disease of its own, and the stronger the drug, the more characteristic, and the… — Samuel Hahnemann
Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human relations. It is life based… — Errico Malatesta
Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent resistance against the… — Noam Chomsky
We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where… — Herb Kohl
There are no violent gangs fighting over aspirin territories. There are no violent gangs fighting over whisky territories or computer territories or anything else that's… — Harry Browne
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that… — Bell Hooks
The African, because of the violent differences between what was native and what he was forced to in slavery, developed some of the most complex… — Amiri Baraka
Get rid of the guns. We had the Second Amendment that said you have the right to bear arms. I haven't seen the British really… — Roger Rosenblatt
To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart. — Brian Jones
The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out. — William Hazlitt
I like everything that has no style: dictionaries, photographs, nature, myself and my paintings. (Because style is violent, and I am not violent.) — Gerhard Richter
The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all things… — St. Vincent
When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a… — George Etherege

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