Acts of violence Quote by Savitri Devi

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

The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter…

— James A. Baldwin

“It would be well to realize that the talk of ‘humane methods of warfare’, of the ‘rules of civilized warfare’, and all such homage…

— James Connolly

A modern and humane civilization must control conception or sink into barbaric cruelty to individuals.

— Marie Stopes

History leaves no doubt that among of the most regrettable crimes committed by human beings have been committed by those human beings who thought…

— Wendell Berry

To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence…

— Jon Evans

“We hate the Empire’s cruelty and violence. How can we claim to be morally superior when we stoop to violence ourselves?” Mon Mothma answered…

— Claudia Gray

“I stand morally opposed to killing: war, executions, killing of the old and demented, the killing of children, unborn and born. . . .…

— Sister Helen Prejean

. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot…

— Nathaniel Altman

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more…

— Anonymous

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim…

— Anonymous

“The world has far too much morality. If you added up all the homicides committed in pursuit of self-help justice, the casualties of religious…

— Steven Pinker