Logo
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggressi

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. – Lewis H. Lapham

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Violence
category

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you dont make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life. – Russell Hoban

Category:
Violence

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet. – Daniel Webster

Category:
Violence

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Category:
Violence

They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. – Buddha

Category:
Violence

Random Quotes

Ive got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybodys equal. – Nicholas Hoult

Category:
dad

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and dont let anybody crush your dream. – Patti LaBelle

Category:
good

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems. – John Mica

Category:
Failure

The world of reality has its limits the world of imagination is boundless. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Category:
Imagination