#iole

In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain. ↗

— Aberjhani

#despair #grief #national-poetry-month #pain #peace-movement

We play a violent sport. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#violent

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

#appeal #become #domestic #dubious #gained

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#compromise #democratic #messy #politics #transitions

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#audition #because #even #flack #force

That's all nonviolence is - organized love. ↗

— Joan Baez

#nonviolence #organized

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#cannot #except #good #hungry #learning

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#entirety #focus #good #lives #look

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#coward #discredit #movement #out #real

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#channels #fascist #his #information #method