“It's often been said, "Violence never solved anything." The simple truth is that when you are slammed up against the wall and the knife is at your throat, when a circle of teenagers is kicking you as you curl into a ball on the sidewalk, or when the man walks into your office building or school with a pair of guns and starts shooting, only violence, or the reasonable threat of violence, is going to save your life. In the extreme moment, only force can stop force.” MenSaidMomentsSchoolForceSimpleWalksViolenceBuildingHe ManWallTruth IsOfficeGunBallsThreatExtremesCirclesTeenagerShootingReasonablePairsThroatKnivesGun ControlKickingCurlsSidewalkSimple TruthsOffice Buildings Author:Rory Miller
“I love cops. I think you have to walk in their shoes to understand, you know when they use violence, Michael Brown in Ferguson, a classic case.” ThinkingKnowsUseWalksCasesViolenceShoesClassicBrownCopFerguson Author:Geraldo Rivera
“From a magical point of view, the term 'nonviolence' doesn't work well. Every beginning Witch learns that you can't cast a spell for what you don't want - that the deep aspects of our minds are unclear on the concept of 'no.' If you tell your dog, 'Rover, I can't take you for a walk,' Rover hears 'Walk!' and runs for the door. If we say 'nonviolence,' we are still thinking in terms of violence.” IfsThinkingWantMindWellsStillsI CanRunningTermWalksViewsViolenceDoorsDogConceptsAspectCastsPoint Of ViewWitchSpellsNonviolenceUnclear Author:Starhawk
“Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. If we really want to honor these twelve men and women, if we really want to be a country where we can go to work and go to school and walk our streets free from senseless violence, without so many lives being stolen by a bullet from a gun, then we're gonna have to change. We're gonna have to change.” IfsMenWantCountryEnoughSchoolPoliticsCommunityJusticePrayerWalksViolenceStreetsPolicyTearsHonorGunMen And WomenHuman RightsIdeologyTwelveBulletsStolenOur PrayersCivilityOur WordsSenseless Violence Author:Barack Obama