“I think there are so many children being brought up in some form of violence, be it violence of poverty or sexism or racism or homophobia or transphobia. That violence takes a life to transform or overcome. I don't think people should be spending their lives dealing with that. I think people should be thriving, playing, creating, evolving.” PeopleThinkingShouldChildrenFormPovertyViolenceCreatingRacismOvercomingSpendingEvolveSexismHomophobia Author:Eve Ensler
“I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensProblemCertainValuesForceRightsViolencePerspectiveOvercomingAgreeSolveSeedsPracticalsOccasionsWelfareExpenses Author:Dalai Lama
“Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.” LightDarknessViolenceOvercoming Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“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
“How we become moral and understand good and bad, and how we overcome our impulse towards violence, is all really important to me, as a person.” PersonsImportantMoralViolenceOvercomingImpulseGood And Bad Author:Kristin Kreuk
“The Kingdom suffers violence and the violent take "IT" by force! I believe the Lord is requiring our worship to become more violent. Kingdoms are clashing. We, a people of God, will take the earth by forceful worship. Violent worship overcomes violence in the natural, because the atmosphere around us changes.” PeopleBelieveEarthSufferingForceI BelieveNaturalLordViolenceWorshipOvercomingViolentGods WillKingdomsAtmosphere Author:Chuck Pierce
“For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.” PeopleLongStillsAmericaBlackViolenceGayDiversityOvercomingDiscriminationAsianHispanic Author:Ron Kind
“I do not believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, and having been a mayor trying to keep my community safe, if there was any drug that was driving violence, more than marijuana, it was alcohol which is legal. And so I just don't think this is a gateway drug. And by the way, if you regulate it you're actually going to overcome a lot of problems with people having to go to the streets to buy their drug. You don't know how dangerous that is.” PeopleThinkingTryingBelieveProblemCommunityViolenceDangerousDrugOvercomingAlcoholDrivingMarijuana Author:Cory Booker