Equivalence Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Violence isn't only bombs and bullets, it can be speaking words that dehumanize and looking away when someone needs you to lean in and…

— Diana Oestreich

Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings.

— Sissela Bok

“Bizarre though it is, people seem more inclined to rally around and identify with the victimizer than with the person who has suffered an…

— Natalie Shainess

“Violence does not necessarily take people by the throat and strangle them. Usually it demands no more than an ultimate allegiance from its subjects.…

— Alexander Solzhenitsyn

You treat violence as an aberration ... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition.

— Dan Simmons

It's very important to distinguish between innocence and naivete. The innocent do not deserve to be the victims of violence. But only the naive…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“It is injustice to determine the brutality of an action because of the victim or the criminal.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

At no time did I suggest that violence is justice, and I can't believe I even have to explain that. But the alternative is…

— Brianna Keilar

“Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.”

— Stefan Molyneux

We're trying to divide groups or decide that some of them are truly victims and some of them are truly aggressors.

— Judith Butler

What's good about talking about being victimized is that it is the beginning of being able to stop it.

— Teri Hatcher

“The whole concept of "violence" is flawed from the get-go, for it makes no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate force. The use of the…

— James Bowman