Political Violence Quotes
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When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power. (Political Violence Quotes)
I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change? (Political Violence Quotes)
Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims. (Political Violence Quotes)
We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood (Political Violence Quotes)
The anti-gun-violence movement was essentially asleep from 1994 to 2012, and during that time, the gun lobby built up enormous political power. (Political Violence Quotes)
Fascist political gatherings tend to encourage or at least expect a little violence around the edges, particularly against counter protesters. (Political Violence Quotes)
We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government (Political Violence Quotes)
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely (Political Violence Quotes)
I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that (Political Violence Quotes)
The fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun (Political Violence Quotes)
No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political (Political Violence Quotes)
Wherever arms flow, violence follows. Bullets replace ballots as the solution to political disputes (Political Violence Quotes)
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will (Political Violence Quotes)
First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat (Political Violence Quotes)
Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock? (Political Violence Quotes)
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom (Political Violence Quotes)
I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda (Political Violence Quotes)
If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent much harm and violence! (Political Violence Quotes)
Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes (Political Violence Quotes)
The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient (Political Violence Quotes)
The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence that has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them (Political Violence Quotes)
I’ve always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy (Political Violence Quotes)