Violence proverbs

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◆ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

- E.F. Schumacher99

◆ To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.

- Susan Sontag99

◆ Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

- Isaac Asimov99

◆ If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

- Malcolm X99

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

- Mahatma Gandhi99

◆ People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

- George Orwell99

◆ If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'.

- Kurt Vonnegut99

◆ This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

- Ben Elton99

◆ If I have to beat you up to keep you safe, that's just what I'll do. It's this kind of regard for others that makes me believe I'd be a good politician.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

- Khaled Hosseini99

◆ Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

- Milan Kundera99

◆ Poverty is the worst form of violence.

- Mahatma Gandhi99

◆ You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.

- Richard Pryor99

◆ See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.

- Noam Chomsky99

◆ The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.

- Edgar Allan Poe99