John Malkovich Quotes

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?

When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace.

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.

The media dwells mostly on negativity.

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

...no bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man: as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy and hatred, and hence there cannot be a society which does not have to employ coercive restraint.

Man has set man against man, Washed against unwashed.

It will give satisfaction to the people; and be a happy means, under providence, of preventing popular commotions, mobs, bloodshed and civil war.

Are we really certain that the mechanism of society, like the mechanism of the heavenly bodies or the mechanism of the human body, is subject to general laws? Are we really certain that it is a harmoniously organized whole? Or is it not true that what is most notable in society is the absence of all order?

The pressure in Brazil is a little complicated, a little menacing.

One reason why the progressive state is 'cheerful' is that social conflict is diminished by it.

I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.

Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.

Will there be a time when equality will exist? I think given human nature there will always be conflict.

So where are the strongAnd who are the trusted?And where is the harmony?Sweet harmony -'cause each time I feel it slippin away, it just makes me wanna cry:What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?

People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing. I don't even talk about it on stage, because it would take too long to explain.

We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

War only in the ring. Peace on earth

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if human nature were very different? There are mathematical models of large groups working together that lead to conflict on a reliable basis. So there's a whole other view of war that is not psychological at all.

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.