Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance. Herman Melville
People don't like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them. Harper Lee
On natural selection: "Any entity capable of intelligently designing something as improbable as Dutchman's Pipe (or a universe) would have to be even more improbable than a Dutchman's Pipe. Far from terminating the vicious regress, God aggravates it with a vengeance." Richard Dawkins
No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side. Pranab Mukherjee
[T]here must be no concessions to the enemy. When a man is allowed to speak because he is rich and powerful, it aggravates the crime of denying the right to the poor and humble. Frederick Douglass
Government doesn't cure problems. It aggravates them. Robert LeFevre