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~ Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease. ~ ~ The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man...it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture. ~ ~ Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease. ~ ~ A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. ~ ~ To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. ~ ~ Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. ~ ~ Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression. ~ ~ History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ~ ~ No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him ~ ~ That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression either foreign or domestic ... That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them. ~ ~ How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That`s why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence. ~ ~ Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. ~ ~ The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another; during aggression, we move ourselves against another. ~ ~ It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive the manifestations of their aggression. ~ ~ Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression. ~ ~ Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. ~ ~ Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition. ~ ~ The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. ~ ~ The key to the behavior of subjects lies not in pent-up anger or aggression, but in the nature of their relationship to authority. They have given themselves to the authority; they see themselves as instruments for the execution of his wishes; once so defined, they are unable to break free. ~ ~ Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it. ~ ~ For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ~ ~ There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. ~ ~ History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ~ ~ The most important distinction between
aggression and assertion is the intention.
During assertion, we move ourselves toward
another; during aggression, we move
ourselves against another. ~ ~ Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness. ~ ~ The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. ~ ~ The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate. ~ ~ Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host. ~ ~ History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. ~ ~ Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it.... Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people die, where bloodshed is a prerequisite for having fun. Hockey, for example, was not a feminine creation. Nor was boxing. A boy wants to attack something -- and so does a man, even if it's only a little white ball on a tee. ~ |
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