Government Quote by Jacques Rancière

“Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.”

— Bryant McGill

“Non-violence is a good policy when conditions permit.”

— Nelson Mandela

“Violence only begets violence when we allow it to. We always have a choice.”

— P.T. Denys

“Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.”

— Thomas Sowell

“When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“The amount of violence against another human being we are willing to accept is a litmus test for our own freedom.”

— Diana Oestreich

Government has a monopoly on the legal use of force and violence.

— David D. Aitken

“An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“The control of violence is the most important dilemma every society faces.”

— James Dale Davidson

“there is virtually no credible social science evidence to support the idea that violence in societies can be effectively addressed in the absence of…

— Gary A. Haugen

“Violence is compelling and ineffective, it can be ascertained, as one becomes an expert at it.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“Nonviolence cannot be used successfully to protect special privileges that have been won by violence.”

— David T. Dellinger