Violence Quotes
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As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs in which they strut their masculinity for one another, often overdo it, and sometimes turn to displays of fierce, macho bravado and even violence.
Frank Pittman
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As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
Charlotte Bunch
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My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind.
Gabrielle Union
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Sex should not be in the movies and should be in the home, and violence should be in the movies and not in the home.
Lee Tamahori
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The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace.
Marianne Williamson
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If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.
Deepak Chopra
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One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.
Nicole Kidman
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No matter how civilized we are and how much society has curbed violent behavior. Human beings still have the same genes they had 10,000 years ago. Our bodies are designed to have a certain amount of physical stress and violence in them. We're designed to run from jaguars and fight to defend our territory.
Joe Rogan
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We are spectators to violence, and therefore are, how well we don't know and make sure we don't know the difference of real violence to that of simulation.
Malachy McCourt
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I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
Eric Stoltz
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If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness.
Dalai Lama
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While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected.
Deeyah Khan
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Distinction between person and office is wholly alien to the teaching of Jesus. He says nothing about that. He addresses his disciples as men who have left all to follow him, and the precept of non-violence applies equally to private life and official duty. He is the Lord of all life, and demands undivided allegiance.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The violence and intimidation we have seen should never have happened. It is the work of extremists. It is the enemy within.
Margaret Thatcher
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The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
Leon Trotsky
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Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
Averroes
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There are people in whole parts of our cities who are being totally left behind and disregarded. They are unheard. They are told they are unneeded by this economy. And that extreme poverty breeds conditions for extreme violence.
Martin O'Malley
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I don't have a dark side at all. I just like violence.
Daniel Silva
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No kids should see that kind of violence where Batman is killing as many people as the bad guys.
Burt Ward
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Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.
Jason Winston George
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If you hate what you're seeing, you call it sex and violence. If you like it, you call it 'romance and adventure.'
Joe Bob Briggs
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In countries where education has gone up and you see women in the work place and they are doing things for themselves, you see a rise in gender based violence.
Babatunde Osotimehin
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Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Why did virtually every culture reward its men for enduring violence? So it would have a cadre of people available to protect it in war.
Warren Farrell