Suzanne Collins Quotes

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

Anyone who goes against my decisions, I liquidate him

Fear works. It is more effective than any drug, tactic, or torture device.

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act.

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down.

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

We can destabilize your government and make a horrible example out of you

Power manipulates the innocent and terror is born.

I'm going to take off your gag.And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood?"- Tana to Gavriel, page 20 chapter 3

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen

I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

There are many people who live with terrorism every day.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

The terrorist seeks to smash the most fundamental liberty of all: the right to lead our everyday lives on the basic assumption of safety.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.