Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the real political task in a society such as ours is to criticise the workings of institutions,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Widespread violence now functions as part of an anti-immune system that turns the economy of genuine pleasure into a mode of sadism… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“But strength doesn’t always mean brute force. You don’t have to kick ass to be a fighter. Violence doesn’t equal strength. Lead… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
In many instances violence - which obviously inflicts tremendous trauma on victims - also inflicts trauma on the perpetrator. Radical evil takes… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. 'Casi divas' is a step toward a more commercially successful… — Ana Layevska Copy Share Image
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The other thing to realize is that almost all these shootings, including this shooting [in San-Bernardino], happened in a government building where… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Robert Spencer, a prolific anti-Islam writer and a leading Islamophobe who is bent on distorting Islam and demonizing Muslims, has persistently argued… — Louay M. Safi Copy Share Image
You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“In some literature, I’ve read, weather is used as a metaphor. The darker and stormier the weather outside the more diabolical the… — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Given the racist and patriarchal patterns of the state, it is difficult to envision the state as the holder of solutions to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Members of organized crime continue to exploit their victims the old-fashioned way - through violence, threats and intimidation. As law enforcement has… — Loretta Lynch Copy Share Image
America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
If you read Martin Luther King speeches and sermons in the last two years of his life - you might want to… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Violence against women is not random or anonymous. In West Virginia, 88 percent of sexual-assault victims already know their attacker. In my… — Shelley Moore Capito Copy Share Image
“The age of empire and the rise of the west were built on the capacity to inflict violence on a major scale.… — Peter Frankopan Copy Share Image
“They leave the genitals off Barbie and Ken, but they manufacture every kind of war toy. Because sex is more threatening to… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think some people at Doubleday worried about that a bit when Knockemstiff came out, but, with the exception of one or… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Love isn't blind. Love is reasonable. God is pure love, but He is also pure reason. If you separate reason from faith… — Francis George Copy Share Image
“Without definitive expulsion of all the whites, violence would erupt again; it was just a matter of time. History had demonstrated graphically… — Scott Wallace Copy Share Image
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not… — Edmund Ezra Day Copy Share Image
Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
If all religions displayed peace in action rather than displaying violence and adamancy towards a certain doctrine. Most people would disagree with… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
As anyone who has received or dispensed psychotherapy knows, it's a profession whose mainspring is love. Nearly everyone who visits a therapist… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
When women's sexuality is imagined to be passive or "dirty," it also means that men's sexuality is automatically positioned as aggressive and… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The ideas of individual supremacy and the right of free expression, when carried to excess, have not worked. They have made it… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“As the boys screamed and hauled off handfuls of mulch, Olivier had slowly, deliberately, gently taken Gabri’s hand and held it before… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I survived this torture which left me paralyzed for years. That's what that night was all about, mutilation, more than violence through… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
And whatsoever is repressed has to be repressed again because victory is never complete. There is no way to destroy sex by… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Critics of soccer contend that the game inherently culminates in death and destruction. They argue that the game gives life to tribal… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image