“The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.” ShouldStatesUseViolenceImpossibleAtheismShould HaveAimAffairPositive AtheismTyrannyReformJustified Book:The Open Society and Its Enemies Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies
“I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.” ShouldReasonAcceptingPrinciplesViolenceShould HaveDogmaShocked Book:Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics) Source: Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)
“I think what Donald [Trump] is saying is that it's unacceptable to him that members of the African-American community - and I'm sure he will say this about other communities as well - who live in violence, who are subject of that, or who do not have the educational opportunities that every child in this country should have so they can reach their fullest potential, that that's unacceptable.” ThinkingShouldWellsChildrenCountryOpportunityCommunityViolenceSubjectsTrumpMembersShould HaveEducationalAfrican American Author:Chris Christie
“It is wrong to take an 18-year-old boy or girl and arm them with machine guns and make them the almighty king of some little Arab village. No young man, and no old man either, should have so much power over the life and death of so many helpless individuals. It is corrupting. It sometimes provokes desperate, savage and indiscriminate violence among the occupied.” MenShouldYearsLittlesSometimesYoungGirlIndividualBoysViolenceArmsKingsGunShould HaveMachinesYoung ManDesperateLife And DeathOld ManVillageAlmightySavagesHelplessProvokingMachine Guns Author:Amos Oz