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    We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

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In violence, we forget who we are

In violence, we forget who we are

by Mary Mccarthy Found in: Violence Quotes,
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a read more

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Violence Quotes,
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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life read more

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

by William Sloan Coffin Found in: Violence Quotes,
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All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would read more

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.

by Robert A. Heinlein Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness read more

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

by Thurgood Marshall Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch

by Quentin Tarantino Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

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To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept read more

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.

by Milton R. Sapirstein Found in: Violence Quotes,
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