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Quotes About Violence

So many red lines have been crossed that people seem to think it is acceptable for politicians and the media to actually incite hatred and violence.
~ Gina Miller
Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say there's any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless.
~ Paul Watson
A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV dramas - and particularly on NBC.
~ Elizabeth Flock
The increasing crimes in Chennai have become a cause for concern. Chain snatching has become a routine affair.
~ Tamilisai Soundararajan
Indeed, it is quite sad to see the United States becoming the main exporter of arms. It is quite sad to look at the U.S. government subsidizing arms exports.
~ Óscar Arias
When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill.
~ Chief Joseph
Yet feminism has never killed anyone. Machismo, it kills every day.
~ Benoîte Groult
a muslim man carries out a mass shooting...and he's called a terrorist, a white man does exactly the same thing and he's called a madman both sets are mad, Yazz I know, Warris I know -p58, from Girl, Woman, Other
~ Bernadine evaristo
a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.… The state is considered the sole source of the 'right' to use violence.
~ Bernard Bailyn
Kahe vaenuliku inimgrupi kohtumisel peaks siiski kinni pidama elementaarsetest käitumisreeglitest. Esiteks ei jooda vaenlasega teed. Teiseks ei räägita temaga. Kolmandaks tuleb informatsioon välja pigistada ähvarduste ja vajaduse korral vägivallaga, mitte teega.
~ Bernard Werber
Vägivallatsejad on tavaliselt inimesed, kellele pole õpetatud teistsuguseid mooduseid end arusaadavaks teha.
~ Bernard Werber
Waris said it's crazy that people are so stupid to think over one and a half billion Muslims all think and act the same way, a Muslim man carries out a mass shooting or blows people up and he's called a terrorist, a white man does the same thing and he's called a mad man both sets are mad, Yazz
~ Bernardine Evaristo
Shirley had long felt angry on behalf of her brothers who'd also been harassed by the police since they were young all black men had to learn to handle it, all black men had to be tough and when the police killed or beat someone, they were allowed to investigate themselves, and exonerated the accused
~ Bernardine Evaristo
You lucky I ain't taking a hammer to you, but you're not worth a life sentence.
~ Bernardine Evaristo
They are rightfully tired of turning on the television and seeing videos of unarmed blacks being shot and killed by police officers. They want criminal justice reform. They want police department reform.
~ Bernie Sanders
I can today LEGALLY walk into a gun show, uh, pass the background check, and buy a dozen guns, walk out and sell them to criminal elements, who will use them for bad things.
~ Bernie Sanders
People differ, and, probably, will always differ, as to the light in which they regard war. A
~ Bertha von Suttner
Als ob Gewalt jemals etwas anderes ausgerichtet hätte als Zerstörung. Ihr glaubt, wenn ihr euch auf die Hinterbeine stellt, dann gibt es das Paradies auf Erden. Aber ich sage euch: So macht man kein Paradies, so macht man das Chaos.
~ Berthold Brecht
Io credo alla dolce violenza che la ragione usa agli uomini. A lungo andare, non le sanno resistere. […] Il pensare è uno dei massimi piaceri concessi al genere umano.
~ Bertold Brecht
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
~ Bertolt Brecht
The river that everything drags is known as violent, but nobody calls violent the margins that arrest him.
~ Bertolt Brecht
Tutti vedono la violenza del fiume in piena, nessuno vede la violenza degli argini che lo costringono.
~ Bertolt Brecht
Sanotaan: rajusti syöksyvä virta on väkivaltainen. Kukaan ei sano: virtaa kahlitseva uoma on väkivaltainen.
~ Bertolt Brecht
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in Is termed violent by no one.
~ Bertolt Brecht