Violence Quotes - Page 28

• The weapons-violence hypothesis is far too simplistic a basis on which to base sound public policy.

  Daniel D. Polsby

  Sound, Weapons, Hypothesis

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• Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

  Deborah Prothrow-Stith

  Epidemics, Media, Purpose

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• Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

  Abdul Qadeer Khan

  Roots, Hatred, Trying

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• In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.

  Marianne Williamson

  Powerful, Hate, Lying

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• The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of violence against innocents.

  King Hussein I

  Justice, Way, Absence

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• We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.

  Jane D. Hull

  Children, Home, Play

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• All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

  Timothy Radcliffe

  Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “Seven Last Words”, p.85, A&C Black

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• Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

  Timothy Radcliffe

  Doe, Intolerance

  Timothy Radcliffe (2013). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.116, A&C Black

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• In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.

  Victor Cruz

  Cities, Crime, Happens

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• If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

  Harri Holkeri

  Different, Heritage, Use

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• To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico-- especially the women.

  James Alexander Thom

  Grief, People, Mexican

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• It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas

  Edward Bond

  Mean, Ideas, Democracy

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• I really think, if anything, there is more evidence to show that the violent games reduce aggression and violence. There have actually been some studies about that, that it's cathartic. If you go to QuakeCon and you walk by and you see the people there [and compare that to] a random cross section of a college campus, you're probably going to find a more peaceful crowd of people at the gaming convention. I think it’s at worst neutral and potentially positive.

  John Carmack

  College, Thinking, Games

  "Violent Games Reduce Aggression, Says Id Boss". IndustryGamers Interview, www.digitalspy.com. July 31, 2011.

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• I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

  Rosanne Cash

  War, Believe, Murder

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• When we turn away from the reality of what we do to animals for our gustatory pleasure, we play a game of pretend, like the child who covers her eyes and thinks you can't see her. And yet, there she remains. Closing our eyes doesn't make violence disappear; it only closes our minds and hearts and enables the violence to continue.

  Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

  Children, Heart, Eye

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• If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member killed, we are not creating goodwill and harmony, but rather another child who believes violence is the only means to bring about change in the world.

  Michael Franti

  Children, Wall, War

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• It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence.

  Rebecca Adamson

  Generations, Four, Acts Of Violence

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• I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the strongest. I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Men, Soldier

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (2010). “Wof : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, p.30, Penguin Books India

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• The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Heaven, Temptation, Wish

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• The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption, children lured into organized crime and random violence that took the lives of countless innocent people.

  Kurt Schmoke

  Children, Government, Random Violence

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• I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore.

  Alicia Silverstone

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Vegetarianism

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• That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. … If you fight with violence, you are fighting with your enemy’s best weapon, and you may be a brave but dead hero.

  Gene Sharp

  Hero, Fighting, People

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• I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Kids, Opportunity, Thinking

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• If people base their identity on identifying with authority, freedom causes anxiety. They must then conceal the victim in themselves by resorting to violence against others.

  Arno Gruen

  People, Anxiety, Identity

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• Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This one act of violence will alter their lives forever.

  Rosa DeLauro

  Forever, Age, Young

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