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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There is no truly global justice.

There is no truly global justice.

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

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.

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, 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of...

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of...

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...

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...

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

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

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives,...

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives,...

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.