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Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's read more

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up.

by Newton N. Minow Found in: Violence Quotes,
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The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs read more

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 10:11).

by Bible Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture read more

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.

by Jiddu Krishnamurti Found in: Violence Quotes,
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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.

by George Orwell Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical read more

Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes

by Murray Edelman Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which read more

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.

by Virgil Found in: Violence Quotes,
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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.

by Indira Gandhi Found in: Violence Quotes,
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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

by Joan Baez Found in: Violence Quotes,
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