Quotes about Violence

I have been told that there are two human responses to the perception of chaos: naming and violence. . . There is, however, a third response to chaos, which I have not heard about, which is stillness. Such stillness can be passivity and dumbfoundedness; it can be paralytic fear. But it can also be art.

The thrill that came with each blow was wonderfully familiar. Unable to stop and unwilling to, Frank kept going even though the big man was unconscious. The women stopped clawing each other and pulled at Frank's collar.

For every fatal shooting, there are about 3 non-fatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America.

Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere

The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.

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.