Abuse Quote by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

— Leo Tolstoy

Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to…

— John Henrik Clarke

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

— Chris Hedges

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 personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being…

— Richard Wright

“The reality is this: Violence changes a person in permanent, profound, existential ways. Once you experience the horrible things one human being can do…

— Ph.D Michelle Stevens

Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One of our biggest spiritual lessons is to understand that everyone is doing the best they can at any given moment. People can only…

— Nate

All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding to violence…

— Nhat Hanh

Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of…

— Obafemi Awolowo

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

— Cesar Chavez