"In violence, we forget who we are."

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

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"Whenever I get that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman."

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"The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"The way I'd put it, said Makin, 'is that Rike can't make an omelet without wading thigh deep in the blood of chickens and wearing their entrails as a necklace."

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"We are all a part of a culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our lives."

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"I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence."

John Lennon, English Musician

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"Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism."

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"Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior."

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"In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons."

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