“We are going to see a great number of articles in the future from so-called experts and public officials. They will warn about more violence, more kidnappings, and more terrorists. Mass media, the armed forces, and intelligence agencies will saturate our lives with fascist scare tactics and 'predictions' that have already been planned to come true.” ForceNumbersOur LivesViolenceMediaMassTerroristExpertsAgencyOfficialsScareArticlesPredictionsTacticsFascistsArmed ForcesMass MediaKidnappingPublic OfficialsIntelligence AgenciesScare Tactics Author:Mae Brussell
“There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.” IfsHeartLawReadingIndividualNaturalEnemyPracticeOur LivesViolenceWrittenSecurityTheoryTrainingMethodLaysIntuitionPlotCustomsInstructionAdoptionRobbersIndividual RightsAbsorptionProtecting Ourselves Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“We're fascinated by things that scare us, and one of the things that scares us is violence. Violence exists. It's a real part of our lives. We are obsessed with what we're scared of, but it certainly doesn't define us.” RealOur LivesViolenceScaredObsessedScareFascinated Author:Ethan Hawke
“Together we can change our culture for the better by ending violence against women and girls, artists have a unique power to change minds and attitudes and get us thinking and talking about what matters, and all of us, in our lives, have the power to set an example. Join our campaign to stop this violence.” ThinkingMindMatterTogetherArtistCultureGirlChangeAttitudeTalkingOur LivesViolenceExampleUniqueCampaignsWhat MattersViolence Against WomenPower To ChangeTogether We Can Author:Barack Obama
“Our hearts are being stretched to span the violence and the suffering in our lives and world, and at the same time we are also witness to so much magnificence and brilliance. We are a species that has produced nuclear weapons, and also one that has developed profound insight into the nature of life itself.” WorldHeartSufferingOur LivesViolenceWeaponsProfoundSpeciesInsightNuclearWitnessNuclear WeaponsBrillianceMagnificence Author:Marianne Williamson
“If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.” IfsEnemyOur LivesViolenceMethodPlotRobbersProtecting Ourselves Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Well, I do write on political and social issues and the idea that one shouldn't - or the idea that we should censor ourselves - doesn't really work for me because it would be doing the government's job for them. And I'm not interested in doing that. I think what we need very much in Pakistan is to be able to discuss the corruption and the violence that really colours most of our life here.” ThinkingNeedsShouldWritingWellsIdeasGovernmentWould BeAbleJobsPoliticalSocialIssuesOur LivesViolenceCorruptionColourNot InterestedPakistanSocial Issues Author:Fatima Bhutto
“We can develop a social vaccine (Self-esteem). We can outgrow our past failures - our lives of crime and violence, alcohol and drug abuse, premature pregnancy, child abuse, chronic dependency on welfare, and education failure.” ChildrenSelfPastSocialOur LivesViolenceCrimeSelf EsteemDrugAbuseAlcoholEsteemWelfarePregnancyChild AbuseOur PastVaccinesDependencyPrematureDrug AbusePast Failures Author:John Vasconcellos
“We should all have greater freedoms to define and pursue our lives without pathologization, de-realization, harassment, threats of violence, violence, and criminalization. I join in the struggle to realize such a world.” WorldShouldRealizingStruggleGreaterOur LivesViolenceThreatPursueRealizationHarassment Author:Judith Butler