#brutality

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality. ↗

— Jean Racine

#i #outright #pushed #virtue

The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause. ↗

— Michael Kazin

#arrogance #brutality #imperialism #united-states #war

The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more. ↗

— Richard J. Needham

#brutally #enjoys #honest #honesty #more

I know of no book which has been a source of brutality and sadistic conduct, both public and private, that can compare with the Bible. ↗

— James Paget

#bible #book #both #brutality #compare

Wo ein Gebildeter weilt, kann keine Rohheit aufkommen. ↗

— Confucius

#education #education

Social systems proceed by (usually) covering up the brutalities upon which they are based. The doctor doesn't let you get to his door and then turn you away, rather his home address is hard to find. The government handcuffs you so they don't have to shoot you trying to escape. And so on. ↗

— Tyler Cowen

#coercion #social-systems #home

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#baseness #brutality #comrades #encountered #frankness