Violence Quotes

Democracy and violence can ill go together. Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.

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