Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.

Quote by Ralph Steadman

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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game...

Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game...

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything...

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything...

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

There is no truly global justice.

There is no truly global justice.

Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out...

Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out...

I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.

I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance...

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance...

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us...

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us...

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south,...

I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south,...

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation...

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation...

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that...

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that...

Isolationism is over. It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched...

Isolationism is over. It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched...

Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.

Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh...

Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh...