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Violence Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
- Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent resistance against the…
- Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the…
- As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesn’t…
- My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state... It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone…
- The atrocities in Cambodia are a direct and understandable response to the violence of the imperial system.
- See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.
- Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she…
- The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and…
- The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups…
- My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out…
- Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and repression, and massive efforts to control opinion and…
- Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the means of violence…
- In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. It is also a course of action that strikes a…
- The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which…
- The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.
- Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in response,…
- As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will…
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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