Civilization Quote by Nicolas Gomez Davila

Violence diminishes our humanity.

— Coretta Scott King

In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It's their nature. They can't help it.

— Carl Sagan

Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it.

— Hannah Arendt

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

— Pope John Paul II

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

— Rachel Carson

Violence is not the answer, it doesn’t work any more. We are at the end of the worst century in which the greatest atrocities…

— Martin Scorsese

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

— Pope John Paul II

Using violence does not achieve much,but peace achieves many......

— Melchor Lim

Violence is the ultimate human degradation.

— Ramsey Clark

All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence...the…

— Andre Trocme

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace.

— Marianne Williamson