Quotes about Violence

No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.

Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty.

The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.

To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy.

There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer does not abdicate.

War has frightful beauties which we have not concealed; it has also, we acknowledge, some hideous features. One of the most surprising is the prompt stripping of the bodies of the dead after the victory. The dawn which follows a battle always rises on naked corpses.

with the exception of wars of liberation, everything that armies do is by foul means.

Aren't we living in a world where heedless men only desire decapitated women?

How did the senator know that children meant happiness? Could he see into their souls? What if the moment they were out of sight, three of them jumped the fourth and began beating him up?

To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.

It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put human face on random cosmic violence.

Or consider the mainstream religions. We are enjoined in Micah to do justly and love mercy; in Exodus we are forbidden to commit murder; in Leviticus we are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves; and in the Gospels we are urged to love our enemies. Yet think of the rivers of blood spilled by fervent followers of the books in which these well-meaning exhortations are embedded. In