Quotes About Violence

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

We'll engage in pretty extreme violence in the world but, you know, the one thing that comes to humans as easily as eating or breathing or sleeping, is sex.

If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.

I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development.

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue.

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear.

There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.

A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.

Violence is for mugs. War is for mugs.

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue of political violence because that was the story since I was 19 years old or 20.

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.