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Violence Quotes by Judith Butler
- It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist…
- The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain…
- I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more…
- As a Jew, I was taught that it was ethically imperative to speak up and to speak out against arbitrary state violence. That was part…
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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… — Hannah Arendt
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to… — 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… — 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… — 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