#aggression

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aggression #because #civilizations #cultures #economic

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#aggression #becomes #company #curious #differences

Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#aggression #arab #arab countries #between #change

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#conquest #convinced #could #improve #material

Mother Fuckers. They're going to feel pretty stupid when they find out. They're fucking with the wrong people. ↗

— Robert Kirkman

#confrontation #payback #survival #walking-dead #zombies

It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of "Nine Stories" had fallen flat. "Where's the thing?" I said. "What thing?" "The mesh. My mesh." She shrugged. "I tossed it." "Tossed it? Where? What do you mean?" In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. "You mean outside?" I shouted. "In the dumpster?" When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. "Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it." Her lips barely moved. "It was dirty. ↗

— T.C. Boyle

#dysfunctional-relationships #passive-aggression #shaming #home

Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#communism #feeds #hatred #imprisonment #men

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#answer #criminal #important #prevail #retaliation

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#aggression #america #army #attack #demonstrates

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either. ↗

— Jurgen Klinsmann

#either #enough #i #i think #shortage