“How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?” IfsFilmViolenceLet MePolice Author:Jose Padilha
“Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after. The more graceful and ornamental it was, the more clearly do we discern the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state. Coarse stones, if they are fractured, may be cemented again; precious stones, never.” IfsWellsMayStatesFriendshipViolenceBrokenStonesLet MeMetaphorAccidentsFormerHeatTrustedHopelessnessFlawedRestoringCoarseVasesPrecious Stones Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor
“To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual,or transgender-let me say- you are not alone. You're struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is a shared struggle. Today, I stand with you. And I call upon all countries and people, to stand with you too.A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.The time has come.” PeopleEndsCountryHappensTodaySexStruggleViolenceGayConscienceLet MeDiscriminationEducateHistoricCouncilNot AloneTransgenderBisexualSex Relationships Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Let me be very blunt: the heterosexual transmission of AIDS is, in Africa, a function of truly pathological promiscuity. So this is really a violence issue - not the same violence we deal with in Boston, where teenagers stab and shoot each other, but the violence of African men who are killing themselves, and killing African women and children, with pathological promiscuity.” MenChildrenDealsIssuesViolenceLet MeFunctionKillingScaryAidsTeenagerBostonBluntTransmissionPromiscuityAfrican Women Author:Eugene Rivers
“First of all, let me give my comments on the blasphemy law. This law was introduced by the military dictator General Ziaul Haq. No one demanded the blasphemy law in Pakistan. But he wanted to give protection to his undemocratic rule, dictatorship, by using religion. So Pakistan came into being in 1947, and from 1947 until 1986 no case against any minorities was registered under the protection of the blasphemy law. Nobody from minorities was killed and no act of violence happened [against them].” GivingFirstsWantedLawCasesViolenceHappenedMilitaryLet MeProtectionMinoritiesCommentDictatorshipDictatorPakistanBlasphemyActs Of Violence Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Let me just say you could end this violence within a very short period of time, have a complete ceasefire - which Iran could control, which Russia could control, which Syria could control, and which we and our coalition friends could control - if one man would merely make it known to the world that he doesn't have to be part of the long-term future; he'll help manage Syria out of this mess and then go off into the sunset, as most people do after a period of public life. If he were to do that, then you could stop the violence and quickly move to management.” PeopleIfsMenWorldLongEndsHelpingMovingTermKnownViolencePeriodsLet MeManagementRussiaManageMessLong TermSunsetIranOne ManSyriaPublic LifeCoalitionsCeasefire Author:John F. Kerry
“Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.” CountryStatesUnitedEffortUnited StatesClearViolenceRiskGroupsProtectRootsLet MeTerrorismViolentIdeologyLuxuryExtremismHomegrown Author:Janet Napolitano
“It's so effortless to let my loneliness defeat me, make me mold myself to whatever would (in some way - but not wholly) relieve it. I must never forget it... I want sensuality and sensitivity, both... Let me never deny that... I want to err on the side of violence and excess, rather than to underfill my moments.” WayWantMomentsSidesForgetViolenceLonelinessLet MeDefeatDenySensualityNever ForgetExcessSensitivityForget ItMoldEffortless Author:Susan Sontag
“Do you know what happened the last time I loved someone?” Growled against my skin with such tempered violence that my shiver turned into a shudder. I nodded. “No you don’t.” Another lethal growl. “You only know how she died. Let me tell you how she lived— in fear. My actions horrified her, as they horrify you. My enemies exploited her, as they exploit you, so it was more than an advancing army that made her throw herself from our roof. It was me.” KnowsMadeActionLastsEnemyKnow HowViolenceHappenedSkinsLet MeArmyDiedDo You KnowRoofLast TimeExploitsAdvancingShiver Author:Jeaniene Frost