“We have to tackle the plague of gun violence, which is a big contributor to a lot of the problems that we're seeing today.” ProblemBigsTodayViolenceSeeingGunPlagueGun ViolenceContributors Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm far from believing that we've solved the problem of violence in the 20th century and that's why I'm not discouraged that we still have the Biafras and the Northern Irelands and the East Pakistans and, for that matter, violence in American or Canadian cities.” BelieveStillsMatterProblemCitiesViolenceCenturyEastIreland20th CenturyPakistanDiscouragedNorthern Ireland Author:Pierre Trudeau
“There is a problem here in America when it comes to police violence and gun violence, that I believe is being ignored by not giving the proper resources to communities.” GivingBelieveProblemAmericaI BelieveCommunityViolenceGunResourcesPoliceIgnoredGun ViolenceBeing IgnoredPolice Violence Author:Jumaane Williams
“Another problem about writing about politics in the "age of globalization" is that so much of the violence in the form of war and also in the forms of institutional violence - sweatshops, child labor, victimization of people economically - happens elsewhere and out of sight. And when we do know about it and need to witness it, it's always mediated by images of one kind or another, so you're kind of stuck trying to write about what it's like trying to be you living your life thinking about and experiencing this stuff in that way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsWritingTryingKindChildrenWarProblemHappensAgeFormStuffViolenceLaborSightStuckWitnessBe YouElsewhereLive Your LifeGlobalizationVictimizationChild LaborSweatshops Author:Robert Hass
“We are quite convinced, and we say this to the Palestinians, that violence is not going to solve the problem of Israel and the Middle East. We say that to the Israelis. We say it to the Palestinians.” ProblemViolenceMiddleIsraelSolveEastConvincedMiddle EastPalestinian Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There is a land problem in Zimbabwe, there is a need land for redistribution but it must be handled different, without violence, without conflict, within the context of the law, bearing in mind the interests of all Zimbabweans both black and white. It's necessary that the Zimbabwean government to respond positively to those sorts of messages.” NeedsMindDifferentProblemGovernmentLawBlackInterestWhiteViolenceLandConflictMessagesBlack And WhitePositivelyZimbabwe Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The problem in Syria, I think, is that when there is so much violence, there is not only very little chance to create spaces for liberation, but also all talk is quickly swallowed up by it. People are trying to keep their heads down because they are being bombarded all the time.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesProblemChanceSpaceViolenceLiberationSyriaBombarded Author:Nigel Gibson
“My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence.” WholeUseProblemFatherViolenceSolveWhole Life Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“If you give in to the threat of violence, if you give in to bullying, what you know is that there will be more bullying. There will not be less bullying. If you appease the bully, you make sure that he will bully you some more. Not less. It doesn't solve the problem. It makes the problem worse.” IfsKnowsGivingProblemViolenceThreatSolveBullyingBullyAppease Author:Salman Rushdie
“People don't know where they stand and what they're going to lose, and that makes things uncertain. The political parties try to meld people together, but then that becomes a problem. There are parallels here, to American cities, which, in the '80s, with massive rural to urban migration, saw incredible amounts of violence.” PeopleTryingProblemTogetherPoliticalPartyViolenceIncrediblesUrbanPolitical Parties Author:Steve Inskeep
“I think as we look at this problem of ISIS, it's more than just an army. It's also a fight about ideas. And we have got to dry up their recruiting. We have got to dry up their fundraising. The way we intend to do it is to humiliate them, to divorce them from any nation giving them protection, and humiliating their message of hatred, of violence. Anyone who kills women and children is not devout. They have - they cannot dress themselves up in false religious garb and say that somehow this message has dignity.” ThinkingGivingChildrenProblemFightingReligiousViolenceDignityHatredArmyDivorceProtectionHumiliatingHumiliate Author:James Mattis
“Whether low-income people are dealing with access to veteran's benefits, or a protective order to guard against domestic violence, or a way to guard against the loss of their home due to foreclosure and unscrupulous behavior by mortgage providers, there's no way they can afford a lawyer. And that's a serious problem. Because that erodes respect for law, it erodes the prospects for justice.” PeopleProblemHomeJusticeLossViolenceSeriousBehaviorLawyerDomestic ViolenceMortgage Author:Martha Minow
“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