John Joseph Pershing Quotes

There's a difference between action and violence. Violence isn't fun.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

When the other man has none, you don't need a gun.

You can't talk to a man, with a shotgun in his hand.

Violence is my last option.

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

The violent will not come to a natural end.

Any idea that you can have a league for security is nuts, and all people who favor it are potential murderers… as long as man is man, there will be war and the only way to avoid trouble is to have the best army and navy, which we now have.

Repel force by force

It must be thoroughly understood that war is a necessity, and that the more readily we accept it, the less will be the ardor of our opponents.

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

I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.

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.

Fighting is what I do.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.

Daddy gave me real useful information to protect me in the real world. If anyone hits me, I'm not to hit them back. I wait until their back is turned, then hit them in the head with a brick.

I’m not leaving,” Sam said, his eyes fixed on the boy he was holding. “Not until Disney Princess here apologizes, or his head comes off, one of the two.

My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn't think of any real good reason. There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting.

You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

I mean when was the last time we had one of these contract signings... that didn't end... in some sort of horrible physical calamity? So if you wanna cut to the chase, you know, we can flip the table over, we can all start beating each other up or we can at least make this entertaining.