Quotes about Violence
Like it or not, war is distinctively human. Apart from the raiding behavior of chimpanzees and the so-called wars prosecuted by certain species of ant, there is nothing in nature that comes anywhere near approximating it.
— David Livingstone Smith
Kill them all in the Name of the Lord.
— Jerry Falwell
There isn't a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.
— Matt Chandler
Our Lord God doesn't do great things except by violence, as they say
— Martin Luther
In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.
— Pope John Paul II
Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.
— Pope Francis
He who hears this name [God] from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away.
— Martin Luther
Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!
— Pope Francis
War is not to be waged in the name of God.
— Pope Francis
No one must use the name of God to commit violence. To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege. To discriminate in the name of God is inhuman.
— Pope Francis
May God welcome the dead into his peace, comfort the families and convert the hearts of the violent ones, who do not even stop before children.
— Pope Francis
The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer