1,621 Quotes About Violence

Violence was no longer a way of control but a basic language of communication.

No cause, however lofty or ambitious, can justify the taking of a single human life.

The ‘Buffaloes’ were becoming a legend. The Colonel had forged them into a superb fighting machine […] Enough for a young hothead like me to want to be one of them [...]Sam pauses and looks for a moment into the sparkling fire. The scar on his jaw glistens against the dark skin like broken glass [...]You slowly fall prey to a sick frenzy. You develop a lust for blood. You even begin to enjoy killing.

Stupid men and their stupid violence. Tearing apart everything good that was ever built. Why couldn't you ever just go after your life without tripping over some idiot's dick?

Ask a man what his greatest fear is about serving jail time, and he will almost inevitably say he fears being raped. What can we deduce from the fact that jail is to men what life is to so many women?

A murder shared with many others, which is not only safe and permitted, but indeed recommended, is irresistible to the great majority of men.

And yes, it all might end at any moment for any of us, in violence or not, but what matters is what we do before that. The lives we lead.

The news that is brought to us is nearly always bad news, but for every act of violence or destruction that occurs there are a million acts of peaceful friendliness.

One does not have to hit you to abuse you. They can degrade, humiliate, blame, curse, manipulate and try to control you. It still is violence.