Aggression Quote by Mary J. Ruwart

If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.

— Bob Dole

“... the repression of primitive, violent impulses in favor of civilized behavior was a control mechanism for the more shrewdly aggressive dominators who successfully…

— R. U. Sirius

“Aggression is just where politeness is ignored.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Do adults also use aggression to boost their status? Certainly. This type of behavior can take place at the individual level, like bad-mouthing a…

— Mitch Prinstein

We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can…

— Elise M. Boulding

“People are complicated creatures, with a nuanced set of private and public incentives, and that our behavior is enormously influenced by circumstances.”

— Steven D. Levitt

Aggression is simply another name for government.

— Benjamin Tucker

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

“When you’re exposed to hostility or aggression, you behave differently. Incivility sneaks into your subconscious. It’s easy to see how plagues of incivility can…

— Christine Porath

I take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to…

— Sigmund Freud

Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos.

— Anne Campbell

“We tend to assign a lesser social value to those whose doing cannot be enslaved into a given output. We should look to them…

— Cole Arthur Riley