Violence Quotes
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Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile.
Nathanael West -
I think it's so hypocritical to be so anti-nudity in films, and be so pro-violence. I'd rather see two people making love, than somebody being done in. Or being shot and getting their head blown off.
Eva Mendes
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I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.
Arthur Conan Doyle -
Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through its excessive quantity.
Nicolaus Copernicus -
This senseless and totally preventable act of violence committed by an illegal immigrant is yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately.
Donald Trump -
All the political parties have the right to be part of the elections, but there is a certain code of conduct that has to be accepted by everybody. It's very difficult that parties who do not condemn violence ... can be partners for the future.
Javier Solana -
To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Today, the worst conflicts, the most deep-rooted violence, and those likely to emerge in the coming years are due to disparities in development.
Segolene Royal
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I'm not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins - particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity.
William Hurt -
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
I would say that while most Muslims take offense at the portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in cartoons, they would never resort to violence. It is a minority of extremist Muslims who take such actions, and they do it for political and tactical reasons far beyond just being offended.
Maz Jobrani -
There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
Frank Herbert -
We also can't be naïve when it comes to the refugees. Men who commit violence should of course be deported to their countries of origin. We already have enough problems here and we don't need to import anymore.
Alice Schwarzer -
We should understand that in the context of the US, where our legal system is based in settler colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy, changing laws will never sufficiently change the conditions of harm and violence our movements seek to transform.
Dean Spade
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A life without a proper direction is a burden. It becomes a liability for the society. It drives people towards terrorism and violence.
Asaram -
Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Ethno-sectarian violence is a particular concern in Iraq, as it is a cancer that continues to spread if left unchecked.
David Petraeus -
And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq.
Jan Schakowsky -
I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.
Hillary Clinton -
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
Bahá'u'lláh
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I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.
Ian MacKaye -
Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses in the world.
Patrick Henry -
The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Violence always thrived on counter violence.
Mahatma Gandhi