Containing Quote by Edward Bond

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

— C. V. Wedgwood

Aggression is simply another name for government.

— Benjamin Tucker

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get…

— Steven Pinker

Violence is the fear to other's ideals.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

— Henri Nouwen

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

— Chris Hedges

The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the…

— Kofi Annan

“Violent ideologies speak their own language; core concepts are translated to maintain the system while appearing to support the people. Under carnism, for instance,…

— Melanie Joy

A lust for the violence is the science of their behavior.

— Krs One

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

— Edward Bond