Crime Quote by Frank Herbert

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a…

— Frank Herbert

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other.

— Frank Herbert

“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without notice unless…

— Geoffrey Nunberg

“In fact, if a man is forced to resort to violence to achieve his ends, whether in his own household, his estates, or his…

— Sarah Woodbury

“This makes it Lawful for a Man to Kill a Thief, who has not in the least hurt him, nor declared any design upon…

— John Locke

“The power to kill does not come without responsibility”

— Kenneth Eade

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

— Anonymous

There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a…

— John Longenecker

Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and…

— Cornelia Parker

Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't

— Thomas Keneally

“The pure power of a life can manifest as beatitude, or as an unspeakable, sheer violence...”

— Jane Bennett

Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing.

— Dag Hammarskjold