“The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.” IfsShouldHappensCommonWorryViolenceCarNewsDefinitionsCrashDomestic ViolenceIncidentsCar Crash Book:Bruce Schneier on Trust Set Source: Bruce Schneier on Trust Set
“Hannah Arendt in her study of totalitarianism borrowed from Immanuel Kant the concept of radical evil, of evil that's so evil that in the end it destroys itself, it's so committed to evil and it's so committed to hatred and cruelty that it becomes suicidal. My definition of it is the surplus value that's generated by totalitarianism. It means you do more violence, more cruelty than you absolutely have to to stay in power.” MeanEndsValuesEvilStudyViolenceConceptsHatredDefinitionsCommittedCrueltyRadicalSuicidalTotalitarianismBorrowedSurplus Author:Christopher Hitchens
“Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. In such a relationship, dominator and dominated alike are reduced to things- the former dehumanized by an excess of power, the latter by a lack of it. And things cannot love.” MeanViolenceDefinitionsViolentOppressionFormerLatterExcessExploitationDominationDrastic Book:Education for Critical Consciousness Source: Education for Critical Consciousness
“Violence or the threat of violence [must] never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community. Once it does, the community, almost by definition, ceases to be a university. It is for this reason that from time immemorial expulsion has been the primary instrument of university discipline.” MenDoeHas BeensReasonActionTimeCommunityViolenceInfluenceDisciplineJudgmentInstrumentsThreatUniversityDefinitionsCeasePrimariesExpulsion Author:Richard M. Nixon
“When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.” PeopleUsePoliticalForceViolenceThreatDefinitionsAccessPolitical PowerUnwantedUse Of Force Author:Cody Wilson
“It would not be desirable to include 'terrorism' among international crimes subject to International Criminal Court jurisdiction if defined to apply only to anti-state acts of violence. The failure to include terrorism as a distinct crime was due to the inability to agree upon its proper definition.” IfsStatesViolenceSubjectsCrimeAgreeCourtInternationalDefinitionsTerrorismDuesCriminalsDefinedDesirableInabilityActs Of ViolenceJurisdictionAgree Upon Author:Richard A. Falk