Quotes about Violence

He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.

Violence is just, where kindness is vain.

The crowd is the same everywhere, in all periods and cultures; it remains essentially the same among men of the most diverse origin, education and language. Once in being, it spreads with the utmost violence. Few can resist its contagion; it always wants to go on growing and there are no inherent limits to its growth. It can arise wherever people are together, and its spontaneity and suddenness are uncanny.

Disgust at collective killing is of very recent date and should not be over-estimated. Today everyone takes part in public executions through the newspapers. Like everything else, however, it is more comfortable than it was. We sit peacefully at home and, out of a hundred details, can choose those to linger over which offer a special thrill. We only applaud when everything is over and there is no feeling of guilty connivance to spoil our pleasure.

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been 'lost' or stolen.

Something is very wrong when our federal and state governments have a high tolerance for the unrestricted distribution of weapons of mass destruction, and it would be wrong to let this deadly form of neglect continue to facilitate bloodshed across America.

I like hitting people. The best feeling is when you hit so hard, pow! You get a jarring headache.