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“It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.”

Wells Seems Culture Violence Bases Safety Uniforms Evident Homogeneity

Author:Jeff Cooper

“[This is] the basis of the Innocent Woman Defense the Innocent Woman Principle:;: Women are believed when they say they are innocent of violence and most easily doubted when they say they are guilty of violence.”

Principles Violence Bases Defense Innocent Guilty Doubted

Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex

Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex

“I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis.”

“If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness.”

Ifs Needs Should Made Reason Hands Desire Force Sound Violence Demand Weakness Bases Rely Concessions

Author:Dalai Lama

“Practise any one of the human values. Prema (love) is the basis for all the values. Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.”

Thinking Humans Action Values Speak Understanding Love Is Results Violence Hatred Bases Primaries Non Violence Practise Human Values Right Conduct

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all the other values. Doctors can infuse courage in patients by the love they show towards the patients. If doctors carry out their duties with love they will be crowned with success.”

Ifs Should Humans Shows Values Love Is Five Violence Duty Doctors Importance Bases Patient Righteousness Recognise Non Violence Human Values Peace Love

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Physical violence is the basis of authority.”

Violence Authority Bases Physical Violence

Book:What is Art?:

Source: What is Art?:

“The whole Hollywood conception of Tibet as this peace-loving country denies the complex humanity of the Tibetan people. Their ideas exist in a high degree of tension with impulses toward corruption, toward violence, toward all sorts of things. The Dalai Lama himself would say that he has to fight these impulses himself on a daily basis.”

People Ideas Country Whole Humanity Fighting Violence Degrees Hollywood Bases Complexes Corruption Deny Impulse Tension Conception Tibetan Lama Tibet Dalai

Author:Pankaj Mishra

“The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.”

War Would Be Running Individual Nations Simple Love Is Democracy Violence Thousand Pure Approach Bases Punishment Permanent Organized Anarchy Dictatorship Non Violence Blasphemy

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis.”

Thinking Realizing Violence Subjects Goes On Bases Domestic Violence Touchy

Author:LaToya Jackson