Black Quote by Toni Morrison

In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.

— Adrienne Rich

It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts pretend that…

— Jonathan Rauch

Violence is the language of the unheard.

— Martin Luther King III

“The systematic looting of language can be recognized by the tendency of its users to forgo its nuanced, complex, mid-wifery properties for menace and…

— Toni Morrison

The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must…

— Judith Butler

“The more clearly we are able to express ourselves, the less room there is for ambiguity. The more elaborate and the more precise our…

— John Humphrys

See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.

— Noam Chomsky

Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

— Thomas Merton

Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while…

— John D'Agata

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.

— Amartya Sen

Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

— Anonymous

“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning but merely…

— Norman Cantor