Quotes on Violence

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to resort to violence.

I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there are many causes for acts of terrorism, what kind of society are you creating if you allow civil society in Africa to die and create millions upon millions of orphans? Where are they going to go? What kind of cults, what kind of militias, what's going to happen? The accession of violence in those countries, the possibility of that, to me is very terrifying.

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.

The State calls its own violence, law; but that of the individual, crime.

It is my conviction that nothing enduring _x000D_ _x000D_ can be built on violence. _x000D_ _x000D_ The only safe way to overcome an enemy _x000D_ _x000D_ is to make of that enemy a friend.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.

Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in this apparatus of coercion, totalitarianism has discovered a means of dominating and terrorizing human beings from within.

Democracy and violence can ill go together.