Causes Quote by Adam Gopnik

“The notion that you can somehow defeat violence by submitting to it is simply a flight from fact. As I have said, it is…

— George Orwell

While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands…

— Johann Most

I think people are propelled towards violence, and what propels them is much more interesting than the actual act of violence itself.

— Colin Farrell

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

We are spectators to violence, and therefore are, how well we don't know and make sure we don't know the difference of real violence…

— Malachy McCourt

What we vision we guide as violence

— Anonymous

If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Violence is the first means and the last resort to pacify a people, and thus is something we need to continue to consider after…

— Nigel Gibson

Violence maims not only the body but also the mind and spirit. As Pierre Bourdieu has argued, it lies "on the side of belief…

— Henry Giroux

Legitimacy, when challenged, bases itself on an appeal to the past, while justification relates to an end that lies in the future. Violence can…

— Hannah Arendt

Violent measures are always dangerous, but, when necessary, may then be looked on as wise. They have, however, the advantage of never being matter…

— Lord Chesterfield

Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can…

— Gloria Steinem