I write against violence. I write against fascism. I write…

I wanted to write about the Trump era, but I didn't want to write, 'Fascism sucks' or 'Trump sucks.' That doesn't get you anywhere.

— Tom King

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Libraries are filled with stories on generations of brutal men, trapped in a cycle of aggression. I wanted to write about the violence of…

— Gillian Flynn

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop…

— Edward Bond

I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I…

— Alice Sebold

The schools play an important role when it comes down to protecting children against violence.Violence is one of the principal reasons why children don't…

— Shakira

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.

— Barack Obama

I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is needed, and…

— Thomas Merton

Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence...

— Shakira

The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by…

— John T. Flynn

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations,…

— Jonathan Sacks

In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El…

— Millicent Fenwick

In our own native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of…

— Thomas Jefferson

The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ...…

— Ayn Rand