Quotes about Violence

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We shouldn't live in a world where we live in constant terror. We need less dying and more living. We need less destroyi — Imania Margria
In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is irrelevant. — Abhijit Naskar, Either Civilized or Phobic: A Treatise on Homosexuality
Don’t say to yourself, ‘Everyone argues!’ to justify and normalise your fighting, when the most natural thing is to love — Kamand Kojouri
Kate faced the crowd. They were just eyes and teeth to her, just spit and voices. It was a moment, even, before they bec — Erin Bow, Plain Kate
It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic ru — Adam Nevill, The Ritual
I dont believe knowing can save us. What isconstant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is — Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
I think people need to recognize that those of us who have been so much influenced by violence in the media- in particul — James C. Dobson
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down. — Malcolm X
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. — Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges
this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evo — Assata Shakur
A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made. — Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo
Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. — Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape — Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Vol. 1
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that vi — Mahatma Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War 1942-49
There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are — Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. — Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civil — Albert Einstein
Diversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-consuming hatred. It can — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
If we can use an H-bomb--and as you said it's no checker game; it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around--isn't i — Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers