Violence Quotes · Page 40

We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of…

— Pope Francis

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Not all cultural borrowing is a form of social violence: some of it is just cringe.

— Ash Sarkar

I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made.

— Norman Reedus

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the…

— David Mamet

It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't care what the reason is, or who started what. It doesn't matter. Physical violence should never be the answer.

— Cynthia Bailey

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

— Park Chan-wook

But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation,…

— Nelson Mandela

Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I…

— Cornelia Parker

Intimate justice touches on ideas of gender inequity, violence, bodily integrity, physical and mental health. I don't expect a 15-year-old girl to…

— Peggy Orenstein

“Women aged fifteen through forty-four are more likely to be maimed or die from male violence than from cancer, malaria, traffic accidents,…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The black people of America have been victims of violence at the hands of the white men for four hundred years, and…

— Malcolm X

Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.

— Aaron Klein

Those who are living out the drama and the violence still need to live that out for their experience, while others of…

— Christine McCormick Day

Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning…

— Edgar Ramirez

Had the cub thought in man-fashion, he might have epitomized life as a voracious appetite, and the world as a place wherein…

— Jack London

As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence,…

— Susan Sarandon

Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in…

— Nhat Hanh

Looking at the huge number of transgender women of color who have been murdered since the beginning of the year - that…

— Melissa Gira Grant

If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also…

— Carl Jung

Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole…

— Cesar Chavez

I don't think sexual repression leads to violence, but I can see the situation where you're trying very hard to be very…

— Karan Mahajan

There are many reasons for violence. This is just something that sometimes happens. We'd see it in treatment centers - the child…

— Stephen Dobyns

Violence in drama is an external contextualization of internal conflicts.

— Laeta Kalogridis

If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.

— Gloria Steinem

I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his...

— Malcolm X

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

— Jerry Vlasak

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.

— Anonymous

I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point.

— Mitt Romney

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

— Pope Francis

Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.

— Amanda Lindhout

“Which do you prefer, she says. Sex or Violence? I try to smile. What's the difference, really.”

— Will Christopher Baer

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

— Anthony Eden

Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.

— Anonymous

There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.

— Angelina Jolie

The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

— Diane Ladd

“From the violence on TV to the over-stimulation from our phones, we are constantly fueled by fight-or-flight energy.”

— Shawn Wells

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

— Joan Baez

“Police routinely shooting mentally challenged people is a very disturbing trend.”

— Steven Magee