#violent

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't. ↗

— Cab Calloway

#happen #love #name #opera #other

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

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

The most violent element in society is ignorance. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#ignorance #most #society #violent

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. ↗

— Maynard Jackson

#best #changing #how #live #means

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart. ↗

— Brian Jones

#circumstances #death #heart #just #like

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#impossible #inevitable #make #peaceful #revolution

I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent. ↗

— Bruce Kent

#i #intrinsically #man #optimistic #think

The dimensions of my feelings are too violent. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#feelings #too #violent

When they are treated, the seriously mentally ill aren't more violent than the general population. If untreated, though, they are. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#ill #mentally #more #population #seriously