Politics Quote by Steven Pinker

“Revenge has probably been the most regular and prominent cause of fighting cited in anthropological accounts of pre-state societies. Violence was activated to avenge…

— Azar Gat

It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was…

— George Orwell

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

— John McCarthy

“Century after century, we have prosecuted our insane conflicts from atop their backs, resting on their sturdy necks when we grew weary, eating their…

— Anonymous

I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.

— William P. Young

“In agricultural communities, male leadership in the hunt ceased to be of much importance. As the discipline of the hunting band decayed, the political…

— Anonymous

There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the…

— Karl Marx

“The practice of invoking the myths and cultural practices of native cultures to give moral support to practices within our current culture is an…

— Marti Kheel

“Humans have far longer memories than do animals and, thus revenge -the social settling of accounts with those who offended them- assumes a wholly…

— Azar Gat

“There were certain things that had to be done, and if done at all, done handsomely and thoroughly; and one of these, in the…

— Edith Wharton

In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“It was typical of many hunts in that it was based on a bitter quarrel over property in which men used women as a…

— Anne L. Barstow