Violent Offence

Famous quotes containing the words violent and/or offence:

“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
—Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

“One would think, that a deliberate and practical denial of its authority was the only offence never contemplated by government; else, why has it not assigned its definite, its suitable and proportionate, penalty?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)