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Violence Quotes



"Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more."


"All that violence in the world, we need to stop that."


"There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism."


"If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down."


"Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself."


"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing."


"I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence."


"This ferry was taken over by the Yumas and operated for them by a man named Callaghan, but within days it was burned and Callaghan's headless body floated anonymously downriver, a vulture standing between the shoulderblades in clerical black, silent rider to the sea."



"It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know."


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


"It's what happens when you shoot someone, Wayne pointed out. "At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them."


"An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided."


"It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan."


"Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed."


"I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie."



"CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not."


"I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance."


"Domestic violence is any behavior involving physical, psychological, emotional, sexual or verbal abuse. It is any form of aggression intended to hurt, damage, or kill an intimate person."


"I am going to kill you," he hissed.She gulped. "Don't you want to lecture me first?"He stared at her with a heavy dose of stupefaction."I take that back," he said with precisely clippedwords. "First I am going to strangle you, and then I am going to kill you.""Here?" she asked doubtfully, looking around. "Won't my dead body look suspicious in the morning?"
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