Alison Moyet

I have always loved a hard-faced girl. I get that Alison Goldfrapp isn't easy, and I like her belligerence. She's deeply sexy and controlled, like a Strict Machine, and it seems to wind the b'jesus out of the women I know. On the outside, I watch and smile and will her on like a twisted silent maiden aunt in the dark corner.

British Musician

Gilbert O'Sullivan

I'd go to meetings with record companies - CBS, Decca, EMI. They'd tell me to wear a pair of jeans and grow my hair and look normal. And I'd say, 'Sod that,' and storm out. And I do think that belligerence is important when you're young.

Irish Musician

Austan Goolsbee

We've gone through rounds of tax cutting and rounds of tax increases in modern U.S. history. We haven't really had a big igniting of a trade war belligerence since the Depression era, and that's not an era that we want to repeat.

American Public Servant

Erin O'Toole

China's propaganda approach with the West is different than the one used by the Soviet Union, which used Western belligerence to maintain its control over its domestic audience. China's strategy is one of influence and inertia.

Canadian Politician

Conrad Black

Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense.

British Businessman

John Clayton

The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.

English Clergyman

Louis D. Brandeis

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

American Judge

Gore Vidal

What I like least about myself is my belligerence.

American Novelist

Belligerence often implies a negative, unwelcome attitude that can provoke others.

Negative Emotion

It's used when someone shows readiness to start a personal argument or fight.

Personal Conflict

Belligerence doesn't always mean physical fighting; it can be verbal or psychological.

Not Physical

Belligerence describes an active state of conflict, especially between nations or large groups.

War and Conflict

It implies a sustained period or attitude of hostility, not just a single event.

Ongoing Hostility

Belligerence can lead to or indicate a willingness to escalate disputes to warlike actions.