News reports following a natural disaster are almost always dominated by stories of looting and violence, but in many cases such stories… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Some people might shy away from a character like Deathstroke because, you know, all of the blood-letting and the swordplay and violence… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I was just walking around like a zombie..I really had no idea what I was doing.. But the best thing that I… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
I think it's likely that the civilizing effect of literature has done most of the work, and still continues to do. Look… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
When we turn away from the reality of what we do to animals for our gustatory pleasure, we play a game of… — Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Copy Share Image
“It was the custom, rigidly adhered to," Luke said, turning the brandy in his glass, "for the public executioner, before a quartering,… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand.… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
[Albert Camus]didn't have much hope that things would work out, but he wanted them to. Algeria had reached such a degree of… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
I am going to ensure that LGBTQ Americans have full equality under the law and address the urgent crisis of violence against… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
So, those who hate, those who are violent in nature, live in a world of hate and fear and violence inside themselves,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
There's a lot of violence in Beethoven not explicitly suggested by the notes or in his markings, necessarily. There's just a way… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
If you, however, separate reason and faith so that it's purely a rationalistic scheme, it will end in violence. If a pure… — Francis George Copy Share Image
I don't go for films that exalt violence. I don't want them in my house. Sometimes my children see them. But nowadays… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
“This country will not be a peaceful place for us to live if we do not make it to be a peaceful… — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there,… — Joe Gilgun Copy Share Image
No one must use the name of God to commit violence. To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I think people were a little premature in writing off violent movies. They're going to continue being made, and audiences will continue… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The moral to be legitimately drawn from the supreme tragedy of the bomb is that it will not be destroyed by counter… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Violence was very much a part of my mother's upbringing - a little less so with my father's, but my father was… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about justice. I'm concerned about brotherhood. I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these, he can never… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think… — Jake Lloyd Copy Share Image
Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“What presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class, a violence raised to an… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
There is no one policy that can end gun violence. But a ban on the sale of assault weapons to the general… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image