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Violence Quotes

Naming violence in its many forms.

Two of these lines sit squarely in policy debate, one arguing that background-check rules for private firearm transfers among relatives wouldn't meaningfully reduce harm, another assessing ISIS as a real but non-central strategic threat, in the same territory as Gun quotes.

Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be.

Quotes by Ahmet Necdet Sezner

The Muslim world is deeply hurt by the campaign of violence initiated against our Palestinian brothers.

Quotes by Ahmet Necdet Sezner

Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies...

Quotes by Ahmet Davutoglu

There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Gun Quotes

I want to gesture toward a poetry of ourselves and others under the conditions of twenty-first-century absolutism, making us dimensional in a time when the human concrete is continually erased by state and religious violence and by disingenuous jargon serving...

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

I don't like any art form barraged in violence or hurt.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself....

Quotes by Adam Hamilton

Gun violence in the U.S. is an epidemic.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

Abraham Lincoln

Like Quotes

We might think we are very different from Pakistan but we are not; we are the same people, with the same capacity for warmth and passion and intolerance and violence.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

I do not like violence.

Quotes by Abdurrahman Wahid

I think violence can never be justified.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.

Quotes by Aaron Spelling

More Quotes

Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.

Quotes by Aaron Klein

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.

Quotes by Aaron Eckhart

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

Quotes by Aaron Allston

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world,...

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

That's violence, terrible violence, to tell a woman to sit down and shut up.

Quotes by Zoey Tur

Never Quotes

Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity.

Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this "violence" quotes page cover?
This page gathers quotes that use the word "violence" in different contexts -- from policy debates to personal opinion to art and music. One quote reflects a stated policy position on guns: "We cannot allow those with mental illness or record of hate or violence access guns and terrorize this country." This is presented here as that speaker's own opinion, not a position this page takes. See our Gun quotes page for more.
Is there a quote framing disrespect toward women as a form of violence?
Yes -- one quote makes that argument directly: "That's violence, terrible violence, to tell a woman to sit down and shut up." It's presented here as that speaker's own stated view. Browse more on our People quotes page.
Does this collection include a quote assessing ISIS as a threat?
Yes -- one quote gives a specific, personal assessment: "Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity." The quote itself frames this explicitly as "in my view," and it's presented here the same way -- as that speaker's own opinion, not a fact this page asserts.
Is there a quote about violence in music or art?
Yes -- one quote describes a musical project bluntly: "It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan." It's a much more casual, artistic use of the word than the policy-focused quotes on this page. See more on our Only quotes page.
Where can I find more opinion-driven quotes like these?
Continue exploring with our Like quotes, Never quotes, and More quotes pages for more quotes that reflect a range of personal opinions.

A third reframes violence more broadly, calling it violent to silence a woman rather than let her speak, while a fourth is blunt about a band's stage persona built on little else. See also More and Never.