Violence Quotes

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.

If human beings are to survive in a nuclear age, committing acts of violence may eventually have to become as embarrassing as urinating or defecating in public are today.

The path of violence has not yielded anything. Shed guns and adopt the path of peace, unity, goodwill and brotherhood.

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other.

Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death...In a word, emotion.

The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

Children have very little voice, and the coroner's inquest is about Luke's voice, and making sure Luke is heard and respected and honoured. I don't want him to have died in vain.

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.

Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.

If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.

Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence.

The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood!

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to be steady in ahimsa (absence of violence).

The true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence are incompatible.

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old.

Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

The best way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a Christian must not serve government.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.

In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy

Ukraine is a tinderbox, and the fuse is lit. There is no solution through violence in Ukraine.