Richard Branson Quotes

If you look in general at people who live in anarchy, they have quite high rates of death from either homicide or warfare or both. Anarchy is one of the main reasons for violence, and it may be the most important.

Libya is still a mess right now.

The world today is anything but trouble-free.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

Democracies are prone to war, and war consumes them.

Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.

I do worry about civil unrest, or complete collapse of society, or having to flee, or Europe falling into a war.

Albania in 1994 was the strangest place I've ever seen. It was like walking into the looking glass: falling apart, paranoid people, anarchy, no one farming, full of thieves. It was beyond any Third World country. They were living in their own private nightmare.

The world is in such a place of social unrest and there's so much violence.

Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.

Iraq has slipped enough toward dangerous paths that may endanger the country if we don't realize that the solution ... lies is the concept of national unity

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.

I would certainly say that. I don't want to see riots. I don't want to see problems.

We're, ah, taking a break to evaluate things, and, um, reexamine our relationship, so I stuffed him in a closet!" I burst out in shame. Timmie's eyes goggled. Is he still there?

Ukraine is a tinderbox, and the fuse is lit. There is no solution through violence in Ukraine.

No season now for calm, familiar talk.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

There is little hope of equity where rebellion reigns.

We've created a more dangerous world. We've created more violence. We've unraveled the fabric of our own society. We've watched everything get worse. We've watched countries be destroyed, and we've watched war become the answer to every question.

In sixth grade, some kid was being inappropriate with a girl. I said he better stop. Next thing were fighting. Then were at the principals office. I got just as much punishment as he did, even though I felt I did the right thing.

If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.

I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.