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Quotations regarding 'Violence'

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I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
Johnny Weissmuller, American Actor (1904-1984)
The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
Ida B. Wells, American Activist (1862-1931)
These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.
Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
E. B. White, American Writer (1899-1985)
Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.
Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Activist (1908-2005)
Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
George Will, Journalist (1941-  )
Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest.
Rowan Williams, English Theologian (1950-  )
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
Marianne Williamson, American Author (1952-  )
Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?
Bruce Willis, American Actor (1955-  )
Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
Flip Wilson, American Comedian (1933-1998)
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.
James Wolfensohn, Australian Businessman (1933-  )
Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
Virginia Woolf, British Author (1882-1941)
It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
Zakk Wylde, American Musician (1967-  )
To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we don't deal with the causes we will never be safe.
Peter Yarrow, American Musician (1938-  )
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
Andrew Young, American Clergyman (1932-  )
I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot.
Pia Zadora, American Actress (1953-  )
Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman (1960-  )
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
Xun Zi, Chinese Philosopher
 
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