Violence Quotes

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Everyone who is not happy must be shot.

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.

Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.

The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

Gun violence is real. People don't come back.

If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent much harm and violence!

If you grow up in the suburbs, you hear of people dying of old age, car wrecks, cancer. In the city, it's always people dying of violence or stray bullets.

Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.

Unfortunately, violence against women is not the only injustice women face globally; it is one of the many inequalities that impede the full development of socially excluded women globally.

People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true.

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, (but) it's something you do much later.

The world is tired of seeing the perpetuation of violence and terrorism, but the effort to create a real peace needs to go hand in hand with the struggle to restore justice.

We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.

Violence recoils on the violent.

Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.

People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.

It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.

Politicians need to stop the violence because it has become a way of life in Jamaica. It's the thing to do - be violent in Jamaica.

Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.

We must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent.

All issues, therefore, must be resolved through dialogue and there can be no place for violence. Negativity and rejection cannot be the path for a vibrant country that is moving to seek its destiny.

There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of my reality.

Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight violence with nonviolence.

My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.

The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.

Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

In violence, we forget who we are

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

You have a chance to save lives! If you don't take it, you may regret it!

Violence is for those who have lost their imagination.

See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists.

Law And Freedom without Violence (Anarchy) Law And Violence without Freedom (Despotism) Violence without Freedom And Law (Barbarism) Violence with Freedom And Law (Republic)

Education is a vacine for violence

The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.