The State calls its own violence, law; but that of the individual, crime — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Protection of children from violence and abuse has always been my main activity or campaign. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes.” — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Nothing will ever bring back George Floyd, or any of the thousands of others we have lost to racist police violence. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
“Wild with laughter, Twelfth Night is nevertheless almost always on the edge of violence.” — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a "just" war. It's just war. And it's antithetical to the Gospel.” — David D. Flowers Copy Share Image
“Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy.” — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't… — Bobby Farrelly Copy Share Image
When my kids were in preschool, I was part of a carpooling group. One mother sometimes showed up with bruises on her… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just… — Eric Van Lustbader Copy Share Image
Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Miss Havisham is an important feminine literary figure in the tradition of Antigone (though it's significant that Antigone is fighting to bury… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world—a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Trump's racism has clearly driven his policy decisions during his first year in office - from his Muslim ban and his despicable… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture! — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.” — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
“Remember, I'm the only person her who's paid to be nice to you. But not too nice. Give me any lip and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is not optional, and neither is keeping our kids safe from violence. — John E. James Copy Share Image
Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Physical violence was never an option for men or women in my family. — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
I don't condone domestic violence, but women...know your place, you're not stronger than men. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“sacralized, violence made sacred in the very act of being expelled; or still, human violence transformed from bad and destructive” — Cesareo Bandera Copy Share Image
It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Let's start a movement - a movement of men who aren't afraid to stop violence against women. — Carlos Andres Gomez Copy Share Image
To liberate women and end violence is to break down the culture of power imbalance. — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
I founded Homeboy Industries in 1988 after I buried my first young person killed in our streets because of gang violence. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
