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Quotations
 | Force always attracts men of low morality. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 17 likes |
 | Poverty is the worst form of violence. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 7 likes |
 | The criterion of “progress” between two cultures or two eras consists of a greater capacity to kill. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 7 likes |
 | The great questions of the time are not decided by speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 5 likes |
 | When violence is exercised by the working people, by the mass of exploited against the exploiters — then we are for it! — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 4 likes |
 | All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist 4 likes |
 | Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 3 likes |
 | Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. — Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher 3 likes |
 | Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 2 likes |
 | Man is the only male animal that beats his female. One could therefore conclude that man is the most brutal male, if woman were not, of all females, the most unbearable. — George Courteline, 1858-1929, French writer 2 likes |
 | Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. — Mao Zedong, 1893-1976, Chinese leader 1 likes |
 | Violence does even justice unjustly. |
 | Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. |
 | It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. |
| If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize. |
| I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. |
 | Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. |
 | Its typical of Mexico, of the whole human race perhaps — violence in favour of an ideal and then the ideal lost but the violence just going on. |
 | We are all old-timers, each of us holds a locked razor. |
 | All sadism seems the delusional will of an impossible possession. |
 | Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
| All forms of violence are quests for identity. When you live on the frontier, you have no identity. You’re a nobody. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. |
 | Revolutions are not made with rose water. |
 | Neutrals never impose themselves on events. They always sink in. Only blood moves the wheels of History. |
| The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists. |
Funny Quotes
 | If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 12 likes |
 | My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 5 likes |
 | I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn’t a professional, the knife had butter on it. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 5 likes |
 | A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live. |
Ancient Greek
 | God hates violence and bids all men acquire their possessions without stealing. Μισεί γαρ ο θεός την βίαν, τα κτητά δε κτάσθαι κελεύει πάντας ουκ ες αρπαγάς. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Helen 3 likes |
 | Force has no place where there is need of cleverness. Ένθα γαρ σοφίης δέει, βίης έργον ουδέν. — Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History” 2 likes |
 | Poke not the fire with a sword. Πυρ μαχαίρα μη σκαλεύειν. — Pythagoras, 580-490 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 1 likes |
