Violence Quotes

What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?

I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death.

War is when people kill one another, right? Why would they do that?

There is no Situation in which Arms can get an Answer. Arms only ensure, that there would Never be an Answer.

Anything Freed with Guns will Go Back Eventually.

Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.

how does this outer life, apocalypse reported, penetrate my dreams

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.

She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

Accepting necessary conflicts for the sake of improving the lives of children is the only fundamental moral crusade that matters.

Maxim 37: There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "reload."-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than stupid aphorisms, General.-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn

Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.Cross it? I'm making plans to destroy the bridge from orbit.-Colonel Ceeta & Captain Tagon

No! Wait! I've got a better idea...""Your ideas tend to result in unnecessary violence, Sergeant Schlock.""And your point is...""Let's broaden the definition of 'necessary'.

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.

I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.

Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence.

The era of revolution by military means produced a greater degree of desperation and frustration. This was brought to an end by the people.

Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

The violence between women is unbelievable...women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless – one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to

Stop raping your feelings with thoughts!

No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self.

He (Jesus) gave up his life not because of the so-called sins of humanity, but because he was too adamant to give in to orthodox monstrosity.

Just a thought for all you God-fearin', gun-lovin', Bible-thumpin' 2nd Amendment patriots. If it turns out Heaven's a gun-free zone, what's plan B???

Unlike temporal leadership, in which violence and death often proliferate, Christ’s rule signifies reunion between predator and prey, malefactors and innocents.

A leader or president that never rebukes violence, is like one that takes utter pride in it's rage

You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.

I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene, whether in friendship or mere observation, that I have imprisoned the most utter violence in every inch of their surface.

There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.

Violence is the great attractor of human history, Dr. Iverson. A force almost as irresistible as gravity.

So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.

You look at the history of any sentient species and what do you find but tableaux of violence and slaughter. It’s finger-painted on the ceilings of caves and engraved into the walls of temples.

The world we have created has problems, that can be resolved by rich getting richer, bu by sharing we can. Ron Harris - 2008

We can make this a more peaceful century if we cherish non-violence and concern for others’ well-being.

Violence is the result of hatred & greed conquering the heart of lesser souls.

Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.

Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.

You must remember, the so-called Jihadis who are in reality, mentally unstable individuals run by Quranic fundamentalists, do not represent the whole Muslim population of the world.

Together you are a species that grows in all aspects of life – separated you are a mere speck of dust in vast ocean of space-time capable of nothing progressive.

The dangerous enemies of your species are fundamentalism, intolerance, separatism, extremism, hostility and prejudicial fear, be it religious, atheistic or political.

Let everyone evolve fast and understand humanity. Let the heart of stones be converted into heart of love.

When humanity suffers from the darkness of violence, I will bring the empathetic, soft, kind, light from the moon to enlighten humanity.

Despite the violence and war, this world is the most peaceful place with the most beautiful nature in the universe.

As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.

When a person irrationally and quite pathologically sticks to the creeds of his scriptures too much, it can turn even a great human being into the worst version of himself.

Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures.

An extended hand is the best weapon against a clenched fist.