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“Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.”

People Watches Violence Football Ancient Controlled Rome Contests Ancient Rome

Author:Michael Mandelbaum

“With kings, nations, and private individuals, the strongest assume to themselves rights over the weakest, and the same rule is followed by animals, by matter, by the elements, so that everything is performed in the universe by violence. And that order which we blame with some appearance of justice is the most universal, most absolute, most unchangeable, and most ancient law of nature.”

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“Indeed, it may be laid down as a general principle, that the more extended the ancestry, the greater the amount of violence and vagabondism; for in ancient days those two amusements, combining a wholesome excitement with a promising means of repairing shattered fortunes, were at once the ennobling pursuit and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land.”

Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

“The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.”

Humans Evil Violence Mankind Injustice Affair Ancient Rulers Remedy Scarce

Book:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: A Selected Edition

Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: A Selected Edition

“The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.”

Causes Violence Expression Hatred Instinct Ancient Versus Tribalism

Author:Edward'O