Fedor Emelianenko Quotes

I don't like to fight.

They should not be knocked down with a bludgeon. They should have their threats cut with a feather.

I don't believe in ideal places for a fight.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

Violence is my last option.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.

I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.

Force should never be the first answer, but sometimes it is the only answer.

The violent will not come to a natural end.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

Fighting is not something you can just turn off.

Nobody's ever wanted to start a fight. I stay away from all that stuff.

I don't like fights that go to decision.

I just want to fight and not talk too much.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

I don't want to be fighting when I don't want to fight.

I never picked fights. I'm never going to start to pick fights. If they ask me to fight someone, I'll say yes.

If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.

Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.

First fight. Then fiddle.