Quotes about Violence
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
— William McKinley
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.
— Abbie Hoffman
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
— Jimmy Carter
Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.
— Thomas Merton
Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
— Malala Yousafzai
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.
— Pope Benedict XVI
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.
— Wendell Berry
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.