#iole

I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#angry #attracted #came #down #focus

The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55) ↗

— David R. Smock

#peacebuilding #religion #spirituality #violence #religion

Being a mercenary, though... Hey, we just go wherever there's a mixture of money and trouble, and everyone in the galaxy is a potential customer. Even the people you're paid to shoot at? Well, yeah. There are customers we serve, and customers we service. -Captain Kevyn Andreyasn & General Tagon ↗

— Howard Tayler

#customer-service #mercenaries #money #sci-fi #violence

I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#choice #concept #enable #familiar #hold

Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#any #as far as #far #goes #mission

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. ↗

— Bob Filner

#change #committed #continue #courage #determination

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#back #cannot #does #films #influence

Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#necessarily #poverty #violence

Non-violence is the article of faith. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#faith #non-violence

The most violent element in society is ignorance. ↗