Violence Quotes · Page 83

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute...

— Dalai Lama

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

— Louise Erdrich

The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

— Bassam Tibi

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

— Jeff Cooper

Violence is always the last option, but if that time comes, it is the only option.

— 2nd Baronet Sir John Gilmour

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

— Anonymous

Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.

— Nazanin Boniadi

Football features two of the worst aspects of American life, violence and committee meetings.

— George F Wil

And one of the unfortunate-but-sad truths is that sexual assault, sexual violence is far more prevalent in American society than a lot…

— Tony West

“Studies of the Surgeon General’s office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of…

— Rebecca Solnit

In the 21st Century, I'd like to think women have the right to live lives free of both sexual violence and daily…

— Laura Bates

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted…

— Karen Armstrong

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

— Edward Bond

I'd definitely like to work with women and children with domestic violence and broken homes... What better way is there to do…

— Tecia Torres

“Together you are a species that grows in all aspects of life – separated you are a mere speck of dust in…

— Abhijit Naskar

The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and…

— Ari Fleischer

I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could…

— Sam Harris

The only guy that speaks at any sort of depth is, in my mind, Eminem. He's a guy that does music that…

— Marco Rubio

“In a way, what Tarantino has done with the French New Wave and with David Lynch is what Pat Boone did with…

— David Foster Wallace

“Either ‘the group’ is superior or the individual is superior. Marxism, socialism, fascism, and pure democracy are all forms that give power…

— Dave Champion

My visual landscape as a child was the inside of a lot of these old churches. And the Baroque drama of the…

— Florence Welch

“The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between…

— Frank Herbert

The police have enough work to keep them busy regulating automobile traffic, preventing robberies and crimes of violence and helping lost children…

— Alan Watts

“Violence never solved anything.” This platitude is so patently and obviously false that it takes some pretty special mental gymnastics to say…

— Rory Miller

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

— Miguel

“Never take the violence when you are hungry, because violence is the sign of weak people”

— M.Rishad Sakhi

For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.

— Aasif Mandvi

Unfortunately, I've seen violence, and I think, in films, it is the dramatic extremity of it.

— John Hillcoat

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“And what was sport, underneath, but a kind of sanitized, ritualized violence?”

— Erin Hart

Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“I’m going to eat your fucking eyeballs and wear your faces when I’m done with you!”

— Jake Bible

The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance.

— Dalai Lama

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear

— John Hume

Sex should not be in the movies and should be in the home, and violence should be in the movies and not…

— Lee Tamahori

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

— Laurence Overmire

“Violence, once committed, lingered behind and subtly worked on those sensitive to its ugliness.”

— Christine Feehan

Once ignorance is weaponized, violence seems to be a tragic inevitability.

— Henry Giroux

I don't advocate senseless violence of any human being. I'm the one who's been beat down. But I will not be a…

— Tupac Shakur

Acts of violence against one's own countrymen that are legitimated by religion are not new. Nor have such acts been unique to…

— Linda Colley