Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and read more

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. Schumacher.

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high read more

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much read more

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the read more

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

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.

It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized read more

It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized wrong, organized crime, organized injustice, which drives the political offender to act.