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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.

It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.

Quotes by Zakk Wylde

People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.

Quotes by Yuri Kochiyama

I try to understand people who do violence. I try to understand what they are feeling and experiencing.

Quotes by Yolanda King

It is the resolve of the government that none will be allowed to get away with making speeches that can cause sedition or that can cause violence, especially because when we make these kinds of pronouncement and do things that...

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board.

Quotes by Yance Ford

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that.

Quotes by Wyclef Jean

Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me.

Quotes by Woody Harrelson

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.

Quotes by Willie Mays

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

Quotes by Willie Stargell

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

Quotes by William Sloane Coffin

French photography was basically poetic, and mine was vulgar and brash and violent, except that there's never any violence in the photographs: it's only in the photographic style.

Quotes by William Klein

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of...

Quotes by William Hague

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

Quotes by William H. Macy

Violence is not funny.

Quotes by William Friedkin

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

Quotes by William Blum

If there's one crime for which there has to be a certainty of punishment, it is gun violence.

Quotes by William Bratton

Even in a healthy society, violence, lawlessness, and predation lie just below the surface.

Quotes by William Barr

American Indian and Alaska Native people suffer from unacceptable and disproportionately high levels of violence, which can have lasting impacts on families and communities.

Quotes by William Barr

Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact.

Quotes by will.i.am

We cannot allow those with mental illness or record of hate or violence access guns and terrorize this country.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

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.