Quotes about Aggression

War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

Violence has followed our species every step of the way in its long journey through time.

When chimpanzees embark on a raid, their behavior resembles a monkey hunt. They're out for blood—but this time it's the blood of a member of their own species. Based on chimpanzees' alert, enthusiastic behavior, these raids are exciting events for them.… During these raids on other communities the attackers do as they do while hunting monkeys, except that the target "prey" is a member of their own species.

We exploit science to make war because we are warlike creatures.

I was too aggressive. Too angry.

War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.

A man without a cause from God is often just an angry man who doesn't know where to direct his pent-up energy and aggression. A warrior with a cause from God directs that warlike energy for a cause greater than himself.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

It doesn't have to be stats all the time. Go dominate the game with force.

I'm very good at drawing fouls.

We have to remain vigilant, and we have to continue to take the fight to the terrorist.