Quotes about Violence

Violence of the tongue is very real- sharper than any knife.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: wlien the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.

Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

Lucy was frightened, frightened near to death. Her voice choked, she could not breath, her limbs went numb. This is not happening, she said to herself as the men forced her down; it is just a dream, a nightmare. While the men, for their part, drank up her fear, revelled in it, did all they could to hurt her, to menace her, to heighten her terror. Call your dogs! they said to her. Go on, call your dogs! No dogs? Then let us show you dogs!

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.

Laws are inoperative in war

I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

You cannot stop big wars if you carry on little wars yourselves.