#inflict

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#abandon #absolutely #appalled #brain #dare

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#endure #ever #evils #governments #had

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. ↗

— Frank Muir

#grin #humor #inflicting #jokes #masculine

Violence is a very ugly thing. Violence is often so casual on film, and made to look so cool and so sexy, but violence is a repulsive, repugnant act that human beings inflict on each other. It shouldn't seem to be cool and sexy, ever really. ↗

— James Purefoy

#beings #casual #cool #each #ever

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#citizen #foreigner #harm #inflicting #must

Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#burning #conquered #conscience #dictates #inflicted