Quotes About Violence

I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out.

I've had horror movies thrown at me and I just don't want to do any because violence isn't really good for society.

I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

But violence is news, to a certain extent, and people don't want complicated news. Because as soon as you realize things are complicated, your life becomes more complicated.

Girls begin to have second thoughts about the violence. Studies show they feel a considerable amount of guilt about it. They feel bad later and want to apologize.

Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe.

Many Muslims may not seek to kill the infidel, but they don't want to condemn those carrying out the holy book command.

My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.

It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.

Why did you destroy Manny's office, then?" "I--can't breathe--" "That is the point of choking you," I pointed out. "Haste, please, if you want to live." -Cassiel

We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.

Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.