Quotes about Violence

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang somebody.

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

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

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.