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
Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
~ Bell Hooks
Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.
~ Michael Haneke
Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.
~ Stanley Crouch
Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
The real violence is committed in the writing of history, the records of the legal system, the reporting of news, through the manipulation of social contracts, and the control of information.
~ Bryant H. Mcgill
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be carried out in ways that erode due process, rule of law and the protection of innocent citizens' political and civil rights.
~ Rebecca Mackinnon
My wife runs a non-profit that gives legal information online to victims of domestic violence.
~ Marshall Curry
It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.
~ Judith Butler
Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.
~ Alan Dershowitz
The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do and who to support.
~ Ian Smith
