Violence Quotes · Page 75

I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting.

— Chuck Klosterman

People are sort of numb to watching violence, but sexual activity is still as strong as it ever was in terms of…

— Steven Soderbergh

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.

— Martin Luther King

I am committed to advancing common sense solutions to address our nation's gun violence epidemic.

— Dean Phillips

“Orgy-porgy, round and round and round, beating one another in six-eight time.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Those who abjure violence can only do so by others committing violence on their behalf.”

— George Orwell

“Nonviolence cannot be used successfully to protect special privileges that have been won by violence.”

— David T. Dellinger

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Family violence is an entrenched epidemic that we've lived with since time began, so we've got a long way to go. But…

— Rosie Batty

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you…

— Roman Polanski

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and…

— Haruki Murakami

Violence breeds violence and I just don't think the world is too complex to set a peaceful precedent, but it seems the…

— Declan McKenna

Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“A lot of the left wants social change to look like the French Revolution or Che Guevara. Maybe changing the world is…

— Rebecca Solnit

In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are…

— Scott Thompson

My resonance to Magneto and Xavier was borne more out of the Holocaust. It was coming face to face with evil, and…

— Chris Claremont

One of the things I think about when we talk about a violence,and relationship to spirituality is that it seems to me…

— Eve Ensler

Women want to be free to choose from the same range of options that men take for granted. In our quest for…

— Anita Roddick

In dealing with those nations that break rules and laws, I believe that we must develop alternatives to violence that are tough…

— Barack Obama

With kings, nations, and private individuals, the strongest assume to themselves rights over the weakest, and the same rule is followed by…

— Luc de Clapiers

“[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to…

— Tiffany Madison

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage…

— Dalai Lama

The Work is four questions and a turnaround. The Work is a way to identify and question the thoughts that cause all…

— Byron Katie

“I have witnessed enough violence in my lifetime to invite a thousand nightmares.”

— James Flerlage

Donald Trump is correct when he suggests that African-Americans are outraged by gun violence.

— Lucy McBath

If I stop or moderate my voice, people who use or threaten violence against democracies would win. I will never let them…

— Geert Wilders

Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

— Blase J. Cupich

“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.”

— Edward Bond

We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence

— Charles Clarke

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

— Jeffery Deaver

You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

— Cornel Wilde

I want the men of our nation to stand and take a stand against gender based violence.

— Zozibini Tunzi

“All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed.”

— Bryant McGillns

Violence is a dark contrast to what so many of us still believe in -- love.

— Robi Ludwig

I never want anyone to be sitting where I'm sitting and to have lost their son, because I can never get Luke…

— Rosie Batty

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

— Don Lemon

I'm ready to fight, I've been looking for my baby all night. If I get her in my sight, boom, boom, out…

— Little Walter

“We are flawed creatures with explosive feelings that subconsciously aspire to be non-violent sociopaths.”

— Jayme K

Who can sit back as our towns and cities are torn apart by violence and be content with the status quo?

— Martin O'Malley