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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 4 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 |
 | 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 11 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. |
