Violent Quotes

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It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. — Jean de la Bruyere
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds… — William Hazlitt
No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the… — Emma Goldman
It's strange the way people hear and see things. Like going to films - Â—violent films. To me, seeing violence in a film makes me… — Jim Capaldi
ISIS is the new jihad - violent jihadist vanguard in the Middle East and globally. — Michele Flournoy
I'm not violent, I don't believe in killing people, but standing up for yourself, speaking out against injustice, is another form of vengeance. — Eva Gabrielsson
To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very… — Noel Gallagher
I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and… — Noel Gallagher
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and… — Indira Gandhi
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. — Mahatma Gandhi
A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident. — Mahatma Gandhi
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. — Mahatma Gandhi
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point. — Mahatma Gandhi
The most violent element in society is ignorance. — Emma Goldman
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Juice cleansing has been all the rage for some time. And I used the word 'rage' advisedly; one must push a violent flood of liquidised… — Sloane Crosley
I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well. — Park Chan-wook
I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one… — Willem Dafoe
But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent… — Robert Downey, Jr.

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