Anywhere Quote by John Abizaid

Violence is not power, but the absence of power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We know that police alone can't prevent violence. Support of political parties is imperative to maintain peace.

— Pinarayi Vijayan

I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states.

— Pierre Trudeau

Power depends ultimately on physical force. By teaching people that violence is wrong (except, of course, when the system itself uses violence via the…

— Theodore Kaczynski

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

— Helio Gracie

Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant and perfect…

— Hannah Arendt

Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it.

— Hannah Arendt

We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.

— Haider al-Abadi

“Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary issues,…

— Radley Balko

Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people.

— Arun Manilal Gandhi

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi