Violence Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. — Hannah Arendt
Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its… — Hannah Arendt
The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs,… — Hannah Arendt
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons,… — Karen Armstrong
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a… — Karen Armstrong
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred. — Michelle Bachelet
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this… — Michelle Bachelet
If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. — Pearl Bailey
Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt… — Dave Barry
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage;… — Georges Bataille
It seems that the only gun violence some leftists approve of is gun violence aimed at cops and other groups they see as oppressive or… — Gary Bauer
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the… — Joseph Addison
Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure. — Isabelle Adjani
This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. — Leonard Bernstein
Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to… — Benazir Bhutto
My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble. — Michael Biehn

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