Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Pentecost came with the sound of a mighty rushing wind, a violent blast from heaven! Heaven has not exhausted its blasts, but… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
Every new medium has, within a short time of its introduction, been condemned as a threat to young people. Pulp novels would… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Subtle horror is where you rarely see the blood and gore. The violent people are called splatter-punks, who prefer graphic, unrelenting, violent,… — Richard Chizmar Copy Share Image
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
President Kennedy said that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. I would say that the converse is true. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
...I believe it is woman's right to have a voice in all the laws and regulations by which she is to be… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
“Women, know your worth! If a man is violent, your worth is clearly in your astounding potential to be his personal, unpaid,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You truly need to witness me goo-gooing and coo-cooing and making up goofy little songs to glean a full appreciation of how… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming.… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people, commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“But a violent act is an epicenter; it shakes everyone within reach and creates other stories, cracks open the earth and reveals… — Sarah Perry Copy Share Image
States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame,… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Prejudice is a seeping, dark stain, I think, more difficult to fight than hatred-which is powerful and violent and somehow more honest. — Josephine Lawrence Copy Share Image
[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I saw 'Rambo First Blood', and the next day, I took knives to school and threw them… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and Hook is one of the most… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation. It isn't happening now, but… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
A very tiny percentage of people with mental illness are also violent. We know this. The constant linking of the two together… — Chirlane McCray Copy Share Image
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
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