Aggression Quotes - Page 4

• Aggression is an effective form of energy when focused on the right direction and shielded from all others.

  John Driscoll

  Energy, Form, Right Direction

  John Driscoll (2009). “The Sales Warrior Within”, p.187, Wordclay

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• The U.S. victory in Gulf War was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny, War, Victory

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• Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.

  Samuel Johnson

  Thinking, Rebound, Reactions

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 335 (2 April 1775)

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• I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more; for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all the States. A stab in the heart is worse then a cut in a limb, for this may be healed.

  Sam Houston

  Heart, Cutting, Wish

  Sam Houston (1941). “The writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863”

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• Israel is a colonialist-imperialist phenomenon. There is no such thing as an Israeli people. Before 1948, world geography knew of no state such as Israel. Israel is the result of an invasion, of aggression.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Israel, People, World

  "World: An Interview with Gaddafi". TIME Interview, April 9, 1979.

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• As long as we live in a system of states, and as long as the roots of fascism and imperialist aggression have not finally been extirpated, our vigilance in regard to possible new violators of peace should not slacken, and concern for the strengthening of cooperation between the peace-loving powers will continue to be our most important duty.

  Vyacheslav Molotov

  Roots, Long, Important

  "Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy" by John Malcolm Mackintosh, (p. 4), 1963.

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• The world should commit Israel to withdraw from our territories and stop occupation and aggression, and allow the Palestinian people to establish their independent state.

  Khaled Mashal

  Independent, Israel, People

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• By reacting to aggression with aggression we lose the opportunity to spiritually benefit from the experience.

  Kyriacos C. Markides

  Opportunity, Benefits, Reacting

  Kyriacos C. Markides (2002). “The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality”, p.222, Image

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• Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Israel, Numbers, Peaceful

  "IAEA Chief: Israel the Real Rogue Nuclear State". glossynews.com. October 08, 2009.

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• Russia can play an important role in removing the occupation, ending the aggression and achieving national (Palestinian) rights.

  Khaled Mashal

  Play, Russia, Rights

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• No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.

  Rashid al-Ghannushi

  Military, Believe, Struggle

  "Rached Ghannouchi: the FP interview". Interview with Marc Lynch, foreignpolicy.com. December 5, 2011.

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• Where there is fear there is aggression.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1998). “You are the World: Authentic Report of Talks and Discussions in American Universities”, p.39, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

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• There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend not their homes alone but the tenets of faith and humanity on which their churches, their governments and their very foundations are set. The defense of religion, of democracy and of good faith among nations is all the same fight. To save one, we must now make up our minds to save all.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Home, Fighting, Men

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• We have agreed that peace can be achieved with the removal of the occupation and the end of aggression.

  Khaled Mashal

  Occupation, Ends, Removal

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• Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we have to tackle the root of the problem. I am pleased to note that you are honest people and admit that you are obliged to support the Zionists.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Mean, Roots, People

  "We Are Determined". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. May 30, 2006.

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• Americans are good people. They have no aggressions against us and they like us as we like them. They must know I don't hate them. I love them.... I hear it is a complex society inside. Many Americans don't know about the outside world. The majority have no concern and no information about other people. They could not even find Africa on a map. I think Americans are good, but America will be taken over and destroyed from the inside by the Zionist lobby. The Americans do not see this. They are getting decadent. Zionists will use this to destroy them.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Hate, Taken, Thinking

  "Gadhafi, the man the world loves to hate". The Pittsburgh Press, August 3, 1986.

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• We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Differences, Government

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

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• There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them

  Noam Chomsky

  Rights, Issues, Abuse

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• Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.

  Tara Brach

  Dog, Pain, Heart

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• To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Peace, Aikido

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.96, Shambhala Publications

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• Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that without having to be combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self, and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression. But giving up and giving in is not the way. Simply and quietly claiming your right to be You is the way.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Giving Up, Self, Answers

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Oct 24, 2014

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• Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Believe, Order, People

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• I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.

  Steven Pinker

  Sleep, Thinking, Situation

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• Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos.

  Anne Campbell

  Selfishness, Slippery Slope, Firsts

  Anne Campbell (1993). “Men, women, and aggression”, Basic Books

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• The shackles and the chains, the violence and aggression, the pettiness and scorn, the jealousy and hatred, the tempest and discord.

  Joe Walsh

  Revenge, Hatred, Violence

  Song: The Confessor

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