History Quotes / ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer

->'''The Doctor:''' It's never fine to blow stuff up. Sometimes, sadly, it's the only solution. But only after fair warning.

-> Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe... Maybe. I've yet to meet one that could outsmart '''''BOOLITT.''''''

->''""My mother said violence never solves anything."\\

->'''Wesley''': Perhaps we need a plan.\\
'''Angel''': Here is the plan: we go in, I start hitting people hard in the face. See where it takes us.

->"This guy [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot was gonna tell him where his daughter was]], and he just '''''shoots him in the face.''''' He doesn't care. His daughter's safety is not an issue."\\

->Parallel to ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' was Frank Miller's ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns]]'', a comic whose fame rests largely on the fact that it has most of the [[RatedMForMoney sex and violence]] of ''Watchmen'' wedded to the moral sensibilities of Film/DirtyHarry. In fact, it basically is just a Batman comic where Batman is Dirty Harry. There are persistent rumors that there were occasional plans to adapt the comic to film with Clint Eastwood playing the role of Batman...Whether it is Dirty Harry, Rorschach, or Batman, the badass is always conservative, in the sense of conservation -- the sense of maintaining what is, and what was. The badass is the enemy of futurity.

->'''Brother Ray:''' Violence is a disease. You don't cure it with [[CycleOfRevenge more violence.]]

'''Master:''' Yes, but they are not as much [[RuleOfCool fun to watch!]]

->''""My mother said violence never solves anything." "So?" Mr. Dubois looked at her bleakly. "I'm sure the city fathers of Carthage would be glad to know that." ... "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms."''

->''"Violence doesn't solve anything, [[ImmediateSelfContradiction except for all the things it does!]]"''

-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

->''"Violence doesn't solve anything, [[ImmediateSelfContradiction except for all the things it does!]]