Explore Quotes on Violence

Saddam Hussein was a nightmare for the Iraqi people, and his execution marks the end of an era when violence against innocent men, women and children was a means to wealth and power.

I'm very disturbed about the uptick in shootings and violence at our military installations across the nation.

A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.

With increasing poverty, welfare dependency and violence in the United States, religion and religious organizations have an important role to play combating societal problems.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

In a country like Brazil, when you have major issues to solve as violence and health care, the government spends money with sports.

My entire life is violence. If I don't ever leave work at work, then I never leave violence. And I can't be that way, I can't be aggressive, I can't have that mindset when I'm a father.

In my opinion, Islam is an outdated religion. It's not modern. And therefore, there's too much space for violence.

I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew.

Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.

There is no one policy that can end gun violence. But a ban on the sale of assault weapons to the general public is a critical goal that must be achieved if we are ever going to have peaceful communities.

I'm sure my father would applaud the explosion of youth activism that has emerged in response to the gun violence pandemic. I'm certain my parents would agree it is gratifying to see young people leading social change projects in a multiracial coalition.

Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo?

Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty, face it, and see why and how it was.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

I used to struggle a lot with the depiction of violence in 'EastEnders.' I had more meetings with producers about that than anything else. Because it's kind of cartoon violence, and I worry when my little boy watches it.

The violence in 'EastEnders' is a lot more dangerous than the violence in 'Family.' It becomes dangerous when it is softened, like in 'The A-Team.'

Jesus is a half-naked guy, hanging, nailed to a cross, and then people wear that around their neck, and then those are the people that are upset about violence in movies.

I want to speak on behalf of the American people because the American people have been the one that have endured violence.

I'll be introducing a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters from Congress for her continual incitement of violence.

In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.