Violence Quotes
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The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.
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If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon it, I desire it may be considered what kind of Peace there will be in the World, which consists only in Violence and Rapine; and which is to be maintained only for the benefit of Robbers and Oppressors.
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Some reviewers call my stories dark - and yes, there is violence and angst, and the stakes are high - but I like to think that the endings are satisfying and hopeful.
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These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.
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And violence is impractical, because the old eye for an eye philosophy ends up leaving everybody blind .. It is immoral because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for everybody. Means and ends are inseparable. The means represent the ideal in the making; in the long run of history destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.
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We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true: when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance.
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What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head.
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My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
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Women trapped in violent relationships need to know that there's no shame in talking out and walking out on their abusive partners.
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It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.
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In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.
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Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.
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Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence.
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Domestic violence is much more prevalent than people realize.
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I'm more alarmed by people reacting violently to the violence in my films than I am by the violence in films.
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A lot of more modern films seem to just be out for violence or sex or what have you, without relating it to what's going within human beings. But every now and then one comes along that does that, and it's a joy.
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Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness.
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When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it.
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If love or non – violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces.
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Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.
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An imam should be able to say that homosexuals are worse than pigs. My only demand is that you mustn't incite violence.
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Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago, we have lost over 90,000 Americans to gun violence. This is a manmade crisis that needs to be treated as the public health epidemic it has become.
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There were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives.
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Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long as we don't transform into angels, violence and the threat of violence - as in punishment and deterrence - is needed to rein in our worst instincts.
