War & Violence Sayings

197 sayings found from 197 authors

I have been made victorious with awe (by Allah) by terrorizing my enemies.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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Let whoever can stab, strangle and kill them like mad dogs.

— Martin Luther 1525
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When the world has the Tao, the swift horses are used for hauling manure. When the world is without the Tao, war horses are bred in the suburbs.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.

— Zoroaster c. 1500-1200 BCE (approximate)
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Servetus suffered the penalty due his heresies, but was it by my will. Certainly his arrogance destroyed him not less than his impiety.

— John Calvin 1562
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Japan underestimated China. It is most wise to end the war quickly and seek to build up our national strength for the next ten years.

— Emperor Hirohito 1941
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I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

— Aung San Suu Kyi Approx. 2010s
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You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.

— Benazir Bhutto Unknown, frequently cited throughout her career
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The answer to the terrorism of the left and the right is not social and economic reform, but police and military action.

— Corazon Aquino 1987
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If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.

— Hammurabi c. 1754 BC
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I have killed many Mexicans; I do not know how many, for frequently I did not count them. Some of them were not worth counting.

— Geronimo 1905
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A great doctor kills more people than a great general.

— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1712
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A man's nature, runs either to herbs or weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.

— Francis Bacon 1625
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There will be killing 'till the score is paid. You forced yourselves upon his house.

— Homer c. 8th century BCE
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The great poems, Shakspere [sic] included, are poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common people, the life-blood of democracy.

— Walt Whitman 1871
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Don't terrorize – organize! Don't burn – learn!

— James Brown 1968
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I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game / Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.

— Eminem 2020
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I do hope that people who are rich will find ways to give their wealth back to society with high impact. Clearly, they've got skills.

— Bill Gates 2021
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Kill the book! Kill the fucking book!

— Rupert Murdoch 1998
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Never wound a snake; kill it.

— Harriet Tubman Late 1800s (approximate)
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