Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.
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How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.
The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life read more
The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will read more
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a read more
There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of read more
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does read more
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
