Unchecked Aggression Quotes

No wild beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

Many adult bullies hide behind the idea that bullying happens only among children. They conceive of themselves as adults who know better and are offering their hard-earned wisdom to others. The Internet makes that sort of certainty easier to attain: looking at their screens, adult bullies rarely see the impact of their words and actions.

The Weimar system appeared to me like a father who locks his little boys in a room and stirs them up against one another and says: 'Beat each other up as much as you want.'

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.

It's easy to be a tough guy when no one's going to come knocking on your door.