#violence

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ↗

— George Orwell

#beds #behalf #men #night #only

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ↗

— George Orwell

#beds #harm #men #night #our

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#cannot #create #intends #justice #kills

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#men #never #problems #resolve #violence

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. ↗

— Ron Paul

#only #required #self-defense #use #violence

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. ↗

— Ron Paul

#esteem #free #free society #held #highest

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#against #cause #discrimination #east #educational

The problem with our society is that our values aren’t in the right place. There’s an awful lot of bleeding and naked bodies on prime-time networks, but not nearly enough cable television on public programming. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #nudity #television #values #violence

It's something that I am going over in my head about the whole video game thing, and whether you support violence by being in a film like this. I mean, to me, it's incredibly unreal and it's all about the action, and just explosions. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#action #am #being #explosions #film

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force? ↗

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#conflicts #cure #family #force #futile