“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.” ThinkingForceForgetOpinionIssuesViolenceWorstPaidContraryNakedFactorsCynicismIdealismWishful ThinkingReferee Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“Violence generates more violence; hatred produces more hatred. Peace cannot be conquered. Peace cannot be the result of violence. Peace comes to us only when we dissolve the Ego, when we destroy within us all those psychological factors that produce war.” WarResultsViolenceProduceEgoHatredPsychologicalFactors Author:Samael Aun Weor
“We know that there are several predisposing factors to gun violence: poverty, lack of education, lack of good parenting, lack of jobs, living in an environment where violence is seen every day, all the time. And children being born to children are likely to have all of these predisposing factors.” KnowsChildrenJobsBornPovertyEnvironmentViolenceGunFactorsGun ViolenceGood ParentLack Of EducationGood Parenting Author:Joycelyn Elders
“[We must] deal with all of the contributing factors to gun violence as a whole, because it's like a leaky bucket - if you've got a bucket with six holes shot through it, [and] you plug up five, you've still got a leaky bucket.” IfsStillsWholeDealsFiveViolenceSixGunShotsHolesFactorsContributingBucketsPlugsGun Violence Author:Joycelyn Elders
“According to the CDC, more than one in three women and one in four men in the United States have been victims of domestic violence. It is a widespread public health problem, and every year 1,600 women and 700 men are killed by their intimate partners. One of the biggest risk factors that domestic violence will become fatal is the presence of a gun.” MenYearsHas BeensStatesProblemThreeUnitedUnited StatesFourViolenceRiskGunVictimPartnersFactorsIntimateDomestic ViolencePublic HealthHealth Problems Author:Melissa Harris-Perry