To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“Gun violence touches every class, color, and community, with thirty-three thousand people dying from guns each year—an average of ninety a day.… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
There are many innovators hard at work seeking to perfect alternatives to meat, milk, and eggs. These food products will, like computer-generated… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
“We offhandedly devised many imaginary scenarios during the course of any given day, a habit that began as acerbic banter between two… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring… — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
“And you?" asked Kate. "Your brother is righteous, your sister is scattered. What does that make you?" When August answered, the word… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
I despair at the rise of modern violence. I truly give in to despair at times, that deep, futureless pit of despair…… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
We are going to see a great number of articles in the future from so-called experts and public officials. They will warn… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night.… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Together we can change our culture for the better by ending violence against women and girls, artists have a unique power to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I like living in Vancouver .It's more a matter of being a Vancouver loyalist. Harking back to what I said about growing… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“In other words, they appeal to the state for protection, but the state is precisely that from which they require protection. To… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also… — Leslie Morgan Steiner Copy Share Image
To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the Spring!—the great annual miracle… which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Republicans, white and black, heaped scorn upon “respectables” who did not participate directly in the violence but “could not stop their sons… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Even though I don't have any larger spiritual or ideological system, there is some logic in concert with a huge number of… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
In stark contrast with the views of the Greek philosophers and with those of the rest of western intellectuals to the present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
If we have a president who asked for a mandate on combating gun violence, as Hillary Clinton is requesting, that's going to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Air traffic control is going to have a steamy old fit on your dime, boy. They can get in line behind the… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
Goodness has no opposite. Most of us consider goodness as the opposite of the bad or evil and so throughout history in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In South America euphemism appears to be the grisly preserve of violent power. 'Liberty' was the name of the biggest prison in… — Isabel Fonseca Copy Share Image
What's very interesting about the violence in Lebanon and the violence in Iraq and the violence in Gaza is this: These are… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Although violence and the use of force may appear powerful and decisive, their benefits are short-lived. Violence can never bring a lasting… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One day, I stopped hating. I ceased all meaningless activity. I completed the circle. I Set my sights straight. Like an Arrow… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Domestic violence affects many young people, whether in their relationships with each other or if they have grown up with violence in… — Kieron Richardson Copy Share Image
I was fortunate. And I hate using the word lucky, but I was very, very lucky. Because, all of those things were… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If a man is to become fully himself - and this is not something that happens automatically just because you arrive at… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
What is real is that adultery destroys tens of thousands of families every year across America. What is real is that adultery… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
When they can't win a debate (can they ever?), leftists deploy what the late novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand called the argument from intimidation.… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
