Mac Thornberry Quotes

Violence always leads to more violence…. To the conqueror comes a conqueror.

If the oppressor uses peaceful means, the oppressed will never resort to violence. But if the oppressor uses violence, then the oppressed have no other alternative than violence—to retaliate with similar forms.

Fight them everywhere. Don't give them a chance to breathe until they withdraw and retreat.

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

The harder they resist us, the tougher will be our response.

I fought fire with oil.

Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.

Repel force by force

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

Violence is the only way to answer violence.

If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.

Move on over or we'll move on over you.

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything, I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The Ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more disputes in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.

War is the supreme form of prestige.

Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted.

The extreme form of power is All against One, the extreme form of violence is One against All.

Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the History of Man.

The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.

Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.