aggression quotes

22 quotes

I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

Muhammad Ali

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.

Thomas Jefferson

In the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was a horrible time: the massive Kennedy terror operation against Cuba, the first attacks on Vietnam in 1962, the imposition of national security states in South America.

Noam Chomsky

If I hit a man, his head is gonna go into the bleachers.

Conor McGregor

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Lyndon B. Johnson

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That’s the three ways to beat a man.

Conor McGregor

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

H. L. Mencken

The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.

Noam Chomsky

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

Dwayne Johnson

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

George W. Bush

The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese, the French, and now the Americans.

Noam Chomsky

The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways.

Robert Greene

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

George Orwell

The emotions in a song – the anger, aggression – have got to be legitimate.

Eminem

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

Jimmy Carter

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

Jane Goodall

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

Virat Kohli

Whatever I am, it’s natural… I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

Virat Kohli

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they’re equally as good at reconciliation.

Jane Goodall

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Ronald Reagan

Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.

Noam Chomsky