“In dealing with those nations that break rules and laws, I believe that we must develop alternatives to violence that are tough enough to actually change behavior -- for if we want a lasting peace, then the words of the international community must mean something. Those regimes that break the rules must be held accountable. Sanctions must exact a real price. Intransigence must be met with increased pressure -- and such pressure exists only when the world stands together as one.” IfsWorldWantBelieveMeanRealEnoughTogetherLawI BelieveNationsCommunityBreakViolenceMetsBehaviorToughPressureInternationalAlternativesLastingRegimesSanctionsInternational CommunityTogether As One Author:Barack Obama
“There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children.” PeopleChildrenViolenceDangerousGayIncreaseBrandsRegimesHomosexualityGay PeopleAbnormalHarassment Author:Cecilia Malmstrom
“The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions.” EndsPoliticalProcessCitiesViolenceIncreaseAbsenceGenuinePursueReformRegimesResentmentJulySanctionsLegitimacyHamasErodePolitical ReformSenseless Violence Author:William Hague
“Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.” WorldNeedsHas BeensTwoRealityAmericaThreePoliticsStrongPresidentCommunityLeadershipJusticeSimpleLeaderStepsHistoryViolenceGenerationsPolicyCommunicationSpringDirectTradeStrategyCongressPrivilegeTerrorismDecadesIdeologyDiscussionIranRegimesForeign PolicySignalsHostileDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceFree WorldGood FaithArab SpringDirect Communication Author:Ted Cruz
“In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.” StatesActionOrderCoursesViolenceOffersWeakInternationalBlowProtectionStrikesChosenRegimesAtrocitiesPredatoryKosovo Author:Noam Chomsky
“Counter-violence against the colonial regime is liberatory because it is an act, and by acting, the absolute power of colonialism, internalized by the colonized, is shaken.” ActingViolenceAbsolutesRegimesColonialismAbsolute Power Author:Nigel Gibson
“We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination.” HumansEndsLawPathRightsViolenceEconomicMilitaryPolicyPoliceInternationalHuman RightsWelcomeRegimesTransformedForeign PolicyCitizenshipDominationInternational LawRegime ChangePolice Violence Author:Jill Stein
“If you speak [ about violence against Israelis], you are in an unspeakable place, have become a Nazi or its moral equivalent (if there is a moral equivalent). It certainly terrifies, but perhaps also it is a linguistic permutation of state terrorism, an assault that stops one in one's tracks, and secures the continuing operation of the regime and its monopoly on politically intelligible speech.” IfsStatesSpeakMoralViolenceSpeechTrackTerrorismOperationsRegimesContinuingNaziAssaultMonopolyUnspeakable Author:Judith Butler