quotations about violence
Violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism.
ERRICO MALATESTA
"Anarchism, Authoritarian Socialism and Communism", What is Anarchism?: An Introduction
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
ANONYMOUS
often dubiously attributed to George Orwell
They had learned that the act of violence is the act of weakness, and that the spirit's strength lies in holding fast to the truth.
URSULA K. LE GUIN
"The Eye of the Heron"
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down.
MALCOLM X
attributed, Words of Wisdom: Malcolm X
Physical love is unthinkable without violence.
MILAN KUNDERA
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Violence becometh not a Christian.
J. MOODY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Violence gains nothing, killing wins nothing -- only sometimes nothing is what people want. Death is what they want. And they get it.
URSULA K. LE GUIN
"The Eye of the Heron"
Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.
NAOMI KLEIN
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism