Charles Clarke (Charles Rodway Clarke) Quotes
We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence
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To what extent has each one of us contributed to the rise in violence and hatred?
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
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Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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Describing passive violence in this culture is kinda like someone who is drowning in the middle of the ocean giving you the low-down on water. The only way you can really understand passive violence is by going somewhere far, far away from phones, news, TV, the Internet.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.
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When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too.
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Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching.
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In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress.
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If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
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When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.
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The burden of citizenship is accepting that what is neither your fault nor your responsibility may be your problem.
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You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.
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Americans have a right to the security of their personal information, and the entities that hold personal information have a responsibility to protect it.
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I regret to say that my hand did, in fact, have an improper relationship with Chelsea Clinton. The incident represents a profound lapse of judgment for which my hand takes sole responsibility.
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The outlook for Georgia, I'm pleased to say, is good.
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We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be.
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We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence
