Crime Quote by David Jones

“I think it's civilization [that] makes us violent.”

— Charlotte McConaghy

“What's dangerous in the hands of the multitudes, he said, with what may or may not have been irony, is safe enough for those…

— Margaret Atwood

“He was driven by some deeper urge to smash the one thing left in the world that could discipline him: the government.”

— Jane Mayer

“What is it about horrible, violent things that capture us?”

— Alexandra Bracken

“Violence is a confession of terrible incompetence.”

— E. W. Hornung

“What’s dangerous in the hands of the multitudes, he said, with what may or may not have been irony, is safe enough for those…

— Margaret Atwood

“He was being reasonable; he wasn't beating the shit out of them right now. He considered that pretty damn reasonable considering the burgeoning rage…

— Erica Stevens

“An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“He concluded that governments were like wars: the reasons and the forces might change, but it was still the same dying over the same…

— Nick Harkaway

“I was trying to foment a little dissension.' He paused. 'No, that's too flippant. How about trying to make the system less warlike—injecting a…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

“...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.”

— Jeffrey Goldberg