Obviously this is the world descending into worse and worse standards of targeting civilians both in state violence in Iraq, Gaza and so on and the terrorist retaliation. – Clare Short
Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free. – Noam Chomsky
So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can’t read that. – Donna Leon
In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map. Libya was stable. Egypt was peaceful. Iraq was seeing a really big, big reduction in violence. Iran was being choked by sanctions. Syria was somewhat under control. – Donald Trump
My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble. – Michael Biehn
It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go. – Gwen Moore
An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism. – Daniel Barenboim
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence. – Noam Chomsky
Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. – Charlotte Bunch
Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence. – Narendra Modi
Those who ‘abjure’ violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf. – George Orwell
It’s a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an inarticulate way and sometimes a dysfunctional way, through violence. – Eddie Marsan
As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will simply frighten and alienate some who can be reached, and will further encourage the ideologists and administrators of forceful repression. – Noam Chomsky
I was brought up when media still kept totally away from violence when it came to children. I don’t think it would have made me scared of violence, but I find it repulsive. – George Michael
I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence – I find that offensive. I think that’s potentially damaging to society. – Dean Koontz
ISIS itself regularly fuels hatred of gay people and violence towards them. It broadcasts gruesome executions of homosexuals thrown blindfolded from rooftops. – George Takei
The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery. – Noam Chomsky
Violence is inevitable in crime novels, but there are many different ways to tell a story. I use my characters’ reactions to illustrate the worst moments rather than let readers witness them at first hand. – Michael Robotham
Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we’re looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser. – Mike Barnicle
We are evolving as one species – not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality. – Gary Zukav
Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property. – Naomi Wolf
It seems that the only gun violence some leftists approve of is gun violence aimed at cops and other groups they see as oppressive or racist. – Gary Bauer
In ‘The Insider,’ I had violence – lethal, life-taking aggression – all happening psychologically, all with people talking to other people. – Michael Mann
Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight gun violence. – Elizabeth Esty
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda. – Denis McDonough
