“One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They were, they grew up in very ignorant cultures where they didn't learn about the outside world.” WorldChildrenWarHateCultureViolenceOne ThingTaughtGrewMetsGrew UpIgnorantFormerTalibanOutside World Author:Greg Mortenson
“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
“I never, never supporting any violence and everybody that know me, and all the countries here they know well that is no one, nowhere that the former prime minister will become terrorist to hurt their own country. No way.” KnowsWayWellsCountryHurtViolenceTerroristFormerMinistersPrimeKnow MePrime Minister Author:Thaksin Shinawatra
“Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.” NeedsAcceptingViolenceVictimCriminalsFormerPerpetratorsCulpabilityFamily Violence Author:Leslie Morgan Steiner
“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
“All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.” UsePoliticalViolenceAtheismMoralityOrganizationSlaveryCorruptionPositive AtheismFormerObedienceLatterPernicious Author:Alexander Herzen
“The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.” AmericaChanceViolenceSeaCenturyParticularOvercomingMiseryLuxuryFormerIslandsLatinSurvivedInterventionLatin AmericaColonyDependencySubjugation Author:Noam Chomsky