Violent Quotes

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They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent. — Tupac Shakur
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state… — Sulak Sivaraksa
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to… — Philip Kapleau
War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it is to plant… — Bruce Van Voorhis
Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace. — Barack Obama
The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their… — Barack Obama
Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent. — Christopher Marlowe
Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history… — Spike Lee
Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast. — William Shakespeare
The greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation… — Barack Obama
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody elseÂ¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… — Henri Frederic Amiel
A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of… — Mahatma Gandhi
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It is a miracle… — Malcolm X
We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a woman… — Andrea Dworkin
Golf is a non-violent game played violently from within. — Bob Toski
The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world. — Hannah Arendt
Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Pot is a better drug than alcohol. I'll prove it to you. You're at a ball game or a concert, and someone's really violent and… — Bill Hicks

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