Quotes about Violence

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.

What the Gospels actually said was: don't kill anyone until you are absolutely sure they aren't well connected.

I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.

Kings were no better than murderers, the only difference being that they had a legal monopoly on killing.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.

More Christian blood has been shed by Christians than by heathens and Mohammedans.

Were it not for the influence of the Spirit of Christ in this world, we would see much more calamity, violence, natural catastrophes, war, and crime.

I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.

Crime is a subject that needs to be looked at in-depth since the percentage is on the rise.

It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the church's pastors wherever it occurs... The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in work, in action and in law.

Certainly, the contradiction of tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied. However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?