Convoluted 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

Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.

— Ralph Steadman

“When we use violence as a currency to buy justice, it is like a man using his daily wage to buy bread. Once he…

— James Flerlage

Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isn’t the only answer, but it is the final answer.

— Jack Donovan

If love or non-violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“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

Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner…

— Robert Kennedy

“There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern…

— Thomas Merton

“It is just as often the case, however, that men are violent solely from expedience, because they believe in no higher law than the…

— David Bentley Hart

“The whole concept of "violence" is flawed from the get-go, for it makes no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate force. The use of the…

— James Bowman

“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