#provoke

Repression will provoke rebellion. ↗

— Hugh Williamson

#rebellion #repression #will

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#frequently #hurtful #injury #more #provokes

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#fail #guilt #just #must #prevent

As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of the three functions named, so with the external or manifested Universe. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#change #external #functions #given #impulse

There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#bring #giving #i #mary #me

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel. ↗

— John Boehner

#against #aggressive #clear #destruction #hamas

Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and decisive response they received. ↗

— John Boehner

#aggression #both #captured #cities #decisive

Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#because #both #break #break up #characters

I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed! ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#been #booze #caffeine #drink #even

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

#dreams #duty #literature #moral #moral duty