Becoming Quote by Tariq Ali

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life...

— Woodrow Wilson

Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that…

— Nelson Mandela

“Generally speaking, by the way, that is the moral of the opponents of violence in politics: they renounce violence when it comes to introducing…

— Leon Trotsky

The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is,…

— Karl Popper

Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and…

— Woodrow Wilson

The decisive means for politics is violence.

— Max Weber

As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail,…

— Noam Chomsky

The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated... Despite threats of death, I…

— Benazir Bhutto

Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it damps their spirits; it…

— Jonathan Mayhew

Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for the side…

— Adolf Hitler

Eradicating violence of every kind in this country is a fight that requires a commitment from every single person.

— Cori Bush

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice…

— Steven Pinker