Quotes About Violence

No words to tell my students about that, or the children taken away, or the threats of violence. No way to say, Any woman who steps outside the confines of womanhood will be called a lesbian.

How then does every man kill his brother?

He who is silent toward violence diminishes the offerings.

A man strikes his maternal brother.

ratovi su kao požari koje još nitko nije pogasio, a mogla bi ih pogasiti isklju?ivo sama ljudska pamet na temelju spoznaje da je rat diluvijalno divljaštvo, a da je današnji ?ovjek, ukoliko je to, naime ?ovjek, davno ve? prestao da bude kanibal.

Tig had been thinking about the aftermath of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, memorialized in Black Hawk Down, particularly the part when locals had dragged the bodies of American soldiers through the streets.

The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind." Later,

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.

People were always good at justifying their actions if there was a need, or even the appearance of one, and were quick to turn to violence when necessary.

Men they had been trained to regard as subhuman were now their representatives in Washington, not to mention their governors, judges, sheriffs, and schoolmasters. In reaction, the region saw the flourishing of domestic terrorist groups like the Red Shirts in South Carolina, the White League in Louisiana, and the White Liners in Mississippi. Violence became part of everyday politics.

There are times when everything on earth spits out the stench of human blood

Todo el mundo sabía que las balas no tienen ojos, que las bombas no son muy dadas a pedir disculpas y que los soldados son como tigres que han bajado de la montaña, tigres que no son precisamente vegetarianos.

A stable, peaceful society is the training ground for humanity, just as caged animals, removed from the violent unpredictability of the wild, are influenced by the behaviour of their captors in time.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

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

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

Morality is contraband in war.

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

And it's even in some of the western literature, you know, live and let live. That is such crap. I tell my friends that--even my gay friends bring it up sometimes. I'm like, "That is crap, you know?" I mean, basically what it boils down to: If I don't tell you I'm a fag, you won't beat the crap out of me. I mean, what's so great about that? That's a great philosophy?

El Estado —escribió Max Weber— es una asociación que reivindica el monopolio del uso legítimo de la violencia.»

nunca tan pocos tuvieron la posibilidad de hacer tanto daño a tantos a un precio tan bajo. Es

El uso legítimo de la violencia es un derecho que los ciudadanos conceden al Estado a cambio de que les dé protección, orden público y estabilidad.

Although coming from different perspectives, analysts such as Kaplan and Amy Chua, author of World on Fire, have argued that the rapid pace of globalization and the weakening of states have made violent conflict more likely, and that attempts to create Western-style democracies where they do not currently exist are likely to backfire into violence.37

Hoy es infinitamente más fácil matar a un millón de personas que controlarlas».