Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
We need to do something about gun violence in America. But every time one of these things happen, we say the same… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which seize the whole body of people, and of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we start treating addiction as a public health issue, with more compassion, and without the criminal element, our society will be… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
The fact that women begin to avoid running for public office because of the harassment and sometimes even violence that they face… — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Copy Share Image
“Here, then, happiness is obviously a form of strength, a subversion even, a modus of survival, even if at times it appears… — Glenn Diaz Copy Share Image
One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
Sadly and criminally, many self-indulgent inactive pacifists have shunned me for being an outspoken supporter of X's 'by any means necessary' philosophy,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
“We must overturn so many idols, the idol of self first of all, so that we can be humble, and only from… — Oscar A. Romero Copy Share Image
The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Technology companies must constantly weigh ethical decisions: Where should Facebook set its privacy defaults, and should it tolerate glimpses of nudity? Should… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“They laid up in the shade of a rock shelf until past noon, scratching out a place in the gray lava dust… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“They were going to the house of a man who was shot dead. What was with all the exuberance? But maybe that… — Shweta Ganesh Kumar Copy Share Image
When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective… There is something about a war like… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, violence begets violence. And this is how the war on terrorism seems to be going at this juncture. A lot of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I have sat with the mothers who have lost addicted sons. I have sat with families of kids who have been killed… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
Violence and chaos were an ever-present part of the world that I grew up in. And unfortunately, it wasn't just in my… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
American mission in Iraq is clear: We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
“Things keep happening all around you. There is violence, there is gore, there are people who will use you and never look… — Heema Shirvaikar Copy Share Image
“After all, what Buddhism offers as a solution is universalised indifference - a learning of how to withdraw from too much empathy.… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The extreme form of power is All against One, the extreme form of violence is One against All. And this latter is… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Red has been praised for its nobility of the color of life. But the true color of life is not red. Red… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
Although, from the point of view of sociology, the overt ambition of 'American Pastoral' - to imagine the impact on a good… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Human progress planned as alternatives (to God's plan) introduce in justice, evil and violence rising against the divine plan of justice and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people… — Akbar S. Ahmed Copy Share Image
This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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