Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said,… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into… — Virgil Copy Share Image
The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would… — Wendy Shalit Copy Share Image
If the movie [The Hunger Games] were stylized violence that was pretty and fun and cool, which is great when you go… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
The city was bigger than its buildings, bigger than its inhabitants too. It had its own nuances. It accepted whatever came its… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“If you’ve never been caught up in the cycle of violence, you can’t understand it. Even if you know you deserve better,… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
The imbalance I speak of in the world, which we see manifested in wars, violence, poverty and other depressed social conditions stems… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's actually some fluidity here in the United States. Using local intelligence against [terrorism].But you still have to infiltrate these groups. You… — Malcolm Wrightson Nance Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the families of innocent children who were killed today in Pakistan!! I do not accept a world… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Living in the modern age, death for virtue is the wage. So it seems in darker hours. Evil wins, kindness cowers. Ruled… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle...Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
“In the colonial countries, on the contrary, the policeman and the soldier, by their immediate presence and their frequent and direct action… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their… — Kenneth Bacon Copy Share Image
People stand themselves next to the righteous They believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
State violence cannot be defined simply as a political issue but also as a pedagogical issue that wages violence against the minds,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“I felt like the end of an A-Team episode when everything worked out, and the heroes all got to go home and… — Shay Savage Copy Share Image
The modern progressive movement believes that dissenting language is objectionable, which then removes the brakes between anger and violence. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
It is society's tolerance of violence in society that's probably responsible for violent behavior more than any motion picture or television show — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... the man in the violent situation reveals those qualities least dispensable in his personality, those qualities which are all he will… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Leaders of political parties need to keep in contact with the people; that's what it's all about. If violence were to erupt,… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
My parents were very protective of me. Hockley had some crime, so my mum didn't want me out there, and my dad… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Users of marijuana become STIMULATED as they inhale the drug and are LIKELY TO DO ANYTHING. Most crimes of violence in this… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Conservatism means believing in a strong national defense. Not because we want war, but because we love peace. Because history has taught… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make… — Bono Copy Share Image
“They concluded that the predominant emotion was anger and that, compared to words like sadness or fear, expressions of aggression increased in… — Daniel Domscheit-Berg Copy Share Image
“But before he could either comfort me or commit further acts of violence upon my person, I spun away from him and… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
The only reason I was offered 'Punisher' was because I had made an indie film that was rated R for violence and… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
It was not the violence of our enemies [in World War I] that would undo us, I thought, but our own spiritual… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“There are no other heaven and hell outside the human mind. Goodness is heaven, hatred is hell. Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal.… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it's a question of language, as… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
Clearly, we must denounce militaristic approaches to global unrest and find life-affirming ways to end repressive cycles of violence rooted in discrimination,… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell, 1968 is a year about change, about revolution, about violence, about people turning inwards as community… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
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