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“Violence . . . is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation
“The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.” Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat
“I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. At length, I even offered her personal violence.” Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat
“I have always felt, . . . that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats the final sanctuary of the terminally inept.” Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
“Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that does by the name of patriotism—how I hate them!” Albert Einstein, The world as I see it
“treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem—just to avoid violence.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an...” Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
“Again, just as apples when unripe are torn from trees, but when ripe and mellow drop down, so it is violence that takes life from young men, ripeness from old. This ripeness is so delightful to me, that, as I approach nearer to death, I seem as...” Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Old Age
“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“the most violent element in society is ignorance” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“Listen up—there's no war that will end all wars . . . War breeds war.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“What's the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when the anthrax bombs are popping all around you?” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
“Physical love is unthinkable without violence.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence—but more generally takes the form of apathy...” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“For a fit of laughter which has been indulged to excess almost always produces a violent reaction.” Plato, The Republic
“a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated.” Jack London, The Call of the Wild
“When shoes and clothes and food, when even hope is gone, we'll have the rifle.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
“I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health.” George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
“You can't hate something so violently unless a part of you also loves it.” Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy
“Thou shalt not stand idly by to the hurl of thy fellowman.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation

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