Explore Quotes on Violence

I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music.

We have to stop the cycle of violence affecting so many of our communities. We have to love each other.

As a kid, there was not much I could do to stop the violence in our home. When I got older, as a father, I did everything I could to raise my children with a father that loved them, protected them, and made them feel safe.

Keep in mind, when two enemies are talking, they're not fighting, they're talking. They might be yelling and screaming, but at least they're talking. It's when the talking ceases that the ground becomes fertile for violence.

#BlackLivesMatter brought a new sense of urgency, audacity, and outrage to the issue of police violence against black men that has made it impossible to ignore, to cover up, or to justify.

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country.

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself - and it made me stronger. It could have made me step backwards with my self-discovery. Instead, it pushed me further.

My parents were very protective of me. Hockley had some crime, so my mum didn't want me out there, and my dad was the same. I would have to be in at a certain time, as there was a lot of violence surrounding our area.

I don't have a dark side at all. I just like violence.

There's more than one way to sense violence.

Well, let me just say that I condone violence in all of its forms.

Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice.

I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damn thing. It only leads to violence and pain.

We are providing a platform to creators who are expressing their emotions; they are expressing what they are feeling - fears, joys, terror. That's what art is about, and we don't want to censor it, but neither would we permit violence which feels gratuitous or glorified to be on our platform.

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

When you call somebody a Nazi, you can make the argument that you're inciting violence and here's how: As a country, we all agree that Nazis are bad. We actually invaded an entire continent to defeat the Nazis.

I don't believe in violence against women.

In working to end violence against women and children, we need to ensure that men are centrally involved. Men need to organise themselves in a sustained campaign against gender-based violence.

Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.

As the ANC, we have got to condemn violence as a method of addressing our differences and disputes amongst us.

I don't condone violence, period.