I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together isn't it?

In the holy city of Mecca violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons to swat an insect or speak an angry word a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living.

In Afghanistan there is a plan to build democracy hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.

You know what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

We decry violence all the time in this country but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she or he is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.

I know that it isn't just violence against women it's how do we support ourselves and our families how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling stolen generations issues family relationships violence suicide prevention.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property not seize it.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.