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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Violence'

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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
Abdallah II, -
So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.
John Abizaid, American Soldier (1951-  )
I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.
John Abizaid, American Soldier (1951-  )
Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
Kate Adie, British Journalist (1945-  )
Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.
Isabelle Adjani, French Actress (1955-  )
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher (1903-1969)
Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.
Brian Aldiss, English Writer (1925-  )
I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films.
Robert Aldrich, American Director (1918-1983)
Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.
Lucille Roybal Allard, -
I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence.
Lucille Roybal Allard, -
This October, we renew the fight against domestic violence and abuse in America. Together, we can eliminate domestic violence from homes across the country and ensure that our children grow up in healthy, peaceful communities.
Lucille Roybal Allard, -
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.
Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer (1942-  )
Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
Aaron Allston, American Novelist
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
Tori Amos, American Musician (1963-  )
For me, the toughest thing for kids to deal with is when the parents are fighting. It's not violence on them - it's the feeling of violence in the family.
Avi Arad, Israeli Businessman
Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.
Hannah Arendt, German Historian (1906-1975)
The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
Hannah Arendt, German Historian (1906-1975)
One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image.
Timothy Garton Ash, British Author (1955-  )
But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.
Timothy Garton Ash, British Author (1955-  )
 
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