Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.
These raids didn't usually end in violence, but people got emotional, and emotional people did stupid things.
Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence.
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.
Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.
There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities.
I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live.
Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.
Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.
I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.
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.
Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.
In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty.
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens.
We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country.
My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.
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.
As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.
