I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Caroline says as she gets up from the floor, you can hit me all you want to, but I don't love you… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
We stand for law and order, so we will not allow the scourge of violence to infect our communities. — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
“I was not frightened as they were, for the very violence of his threats showed how weak he was.” — Erik Christian Haugaard Copy Share Image
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions. — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
“REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
There are many difficult challenges in Afghanistan. And we still have Taliban. We still have terrorist organizations there, and we will see… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
We are fighting hard against radical Islamic terrorism, and we will prevail. We cannot accept those who reject our values and who… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare, routine kindness does not make the news precisely because it is… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Violence was just another function of the body, no less unusual than sweating or vomiting. It sat on the same shelf as… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows the great energies running amok cast terrible shadows, that each of the so-called senseless acts has its thread looping back… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
These data suggest very strongly that participating in the playing of violent video games by children and youth increase aggressive thought and… — Leland Yee Copy Share Image
If the people in a relationship were able to get rid of this torment within and replace it with happiness, love, and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why Gadafy's dictatorship has managed to remain in power for so long is not just because it has… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
We know they have nothing to do with Islam because our politicians keep telling us that, and they are all Islamic scholars.… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
When there is enough oxygen in the air for everyone, no one is going to take to violence in order to access… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
“We are following with great concern the preparations of the crusaders to launch war on the former capital of Muslims...and to install… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it. — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart. — Rose Namajunas Copy Share Image
Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Crowds of people moved through the streets with a dream-like violence. — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings. — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why, Cause Santa Clause might put a… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
It's senseless. I've lost several uncles, I've lost my best friend to gun violence in New Orleans. — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart... — John Berger Copy Share Image
I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics. — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mercantile jealousy is excited, and both inflames, and is itself inflamed, by the violence of national animosity. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I think humor and protest can be subtle, instead of loud and going to the level of violence. — Kiku Sharda Copy Share Image
It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
We all come from different levels, and I think every human has their own relationship to violence, athletic violence and fighting. — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
