Carl Hart Quotes

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.

The only way to fight terrorism is to fight it, not to reward it…. When terror receives one victory, terror seeks other victories.

Punish the first insult: because an insult unpunished is the parent of many others.

If you threaten force, you better be ready to use it.

You can't just answer everything with the application of force. By the time you have to apply force, there's already been a failure, and you're trying to pull your chestnuts out in the worst possible way

I think it is in our interest to punish the first insult; because the first insult is the parent of many others.

If it was up to me, frankly I would be hanging some of the gang leaders from our street lamps.

An aggressor will always push forward and do more until he meets resistance. We've seen that time and time again over history.

People's behavior is not always changed based on a loss. I remember my dad or my uncle used to say, 'If that guy's picking on you, punch him once in the face, and he'll never come back again.' I don't know how true that is.

I was brought up in the East End, and if a man was inappropriate in a bar, you'd throw your drink over him.

There are certain rules: If you know somebody did something, you don't just say, 'Ay, po-leece, I know who did it!' it's more like, 'Okay, I'll take care of it.'

Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.

Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Save a threat till you're ready to act, and then you won't need it.

Even when the views are contradictory, talks are the only way forward and problems should be resolved through dialogue.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.

To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.

Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do it.

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

[..] and there are tons of people I hate so much that I wouldn't mind taking them out. But killing them wouldn't get me anywhere - that's the conclusion I always come to. If I'm going to pay for it in the end, I might as well let them live.

I don't think it's ever hard to punch someone in the face who's just punched you in the face. I would say that anyone who thinks they can walk up to someone and punch them in the face without getting punched back is an idiot. At the end of the day, if someone came up here and punched you, trust me, you would fight back. That is just basic survival.

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.