Violent Quotes

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It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult. — Colman McCarthy
There's a lot of rage you have to express it somehow. If I didn't express it in song, I'd become incredibly violent. — Siobhan Fahey
Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction… — Frank Pittman
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and… — Jeff Cooper
Religious people claim that it's just the fundamentalists of each religion that cause problems. But there's got to be something wrong with the religion itself… — David G. McAfee
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. — Hans Kung
Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall. — James Joyce
I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren… — Ric Keller
The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes. — Paulo Coelho
Our most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws(concealed carry laws), states reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and… — John R. Lott Jr.
You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry. — Steven Morrissey
H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the… — Mahatma Gandhi
A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced. — Charles Inglis
Extroverts want us to have fun, because they assume we want what they want. And sometimes we do. But "fun" itself is a "bright" word,… — Laurie Helgoe
In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend that… — Viktor E. Frankl
Be orderly and disciplined in daily life, like a good bourgeois, so that I might be wild and violent in my art. — Gustave Flaubert
Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but our danger is… — Smith Wigglesworth
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is an… — Roland Merullo
No evolution is accomplished in nature without revolution. Periods of very slow changes are succeeded by periods of violent changes. Revolutions are as necessary for… — Peter Kropotkin

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