# Quote — Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature

> On the contrary, violence is often caused by a surfeit of morality and justice, at least as they are conceived in the minds of the perpetrators.

- Author: [Steven Pinker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker.md)
- Book: [The Better Angels of Our Nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-better-angels-of-our-nature.md)
- Page: 139
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker#The_Better_Angels_of_our_Nature_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-better-angels-of-our-nature/on-the-contrary

## More from this book

> The world has far too much morality.

p. 474 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-better-angels-of-our-nature/the-world-has.md)