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“Cats are oppressed, dogs terrify them, landladies starve them, boys stone them, everybody speaks of them with contempt. If they were human beings we could talk of their oppressors with a studied violence, add our strength to theirs, even organize the oppressed and like good politicians sell our charity for power.”

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Book:A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats

Source: A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats

“Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want tokeep on living after their death must take worry not only about their future generations but even more about their past: that is why tyrants of all kinds (including tyrannical artists and politicians) like to do violence to history, so that it will appear as a preparation and stepladder to themselves.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Politicians need to stop the violence because it has become a way of life in Jamaica. It's the thing to do - be violent in Jamaica.”

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Author:Damian Marley

“I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for violence.”

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Author:Pierre Trudeau

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”