“Peace is not the absence of violence, peace is an act of controlled violence.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals—if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula. — Jet Li Copy Share Image
I don't care what color you are! no mother should have to bury her child at the hands of some senseless violence! — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
You treat violence as an aberration ... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
I'M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues… — Benjamin Watson Copy Share Image
We who formerly hated and murdered one another now live together and share the same table. We pray for our enemies and… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
Violence of all forms is wreaking havoc in communities across the country, disproportionately impacting communities of color and shaving half a million… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“While significant strides have been made in the pursuit of life expectancy, healthcare, educational opportunities, and constitutional protections for women, the Supreme… — David E. Wilkins Copy Share Image
“What I wanted was to get away. But the moon was too far beyond, and there were white bits under me, where… — Tsitsi Dangarembga Copy Share Image
The followers of Christ have been called to peace. . . . And they must not only have peace but make it.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We ask why there's violence in our school but we've systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
In our own native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright and which we ever enjoyed till the late… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The fiendlike skill we display in the invention of all manner of death-dealing engines, the vindictiveness with which we carry on our… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The violence against unarmed Black people - names we know, and names we don't know - must end. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech should be wide open as long as it doesn't incite violence. — Mike Leach Copy Share Image
We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do… — Geroge Orwell Copy Share Image
The world suffers a lot,not because of VIOLENCE of bad people,but because of SILENCE of good people. — Punkinhead Abhishek Copy Share Image
Choosing an agenda that supports the apparatuses of racial violence always pays better. — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Nobody says the words anymore, but somehow the violence still remains.” — Brendan Kiely Copy Share Image
Abortion is violence; a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
As a single mother, I qualified for Pell Grants, and received a scholarship from a small organization for domestic violence survivors. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
“In real life, you don't get a reset, and you don't get extra lives, and I got the crap pounded out of… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
