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Letter "V" » Violence
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«Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.»
«Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee started all this violence.»
«Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes»
Author: Murray Edelman
| About:
Fear,
History,
Hope,
Politics,
Violence
| Keywords:
an account, cope, cope with, expenditure, largely, mythical, mythical being, Political history
«No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short»
Author: Thomas Hobbes
(Philosopher)
| About:
Art,
Danger,
Death and dying,
Fear,
Life,
Society,
Violence
| Keywords:
Bad art, brutish, continual, letters, nastier, nastiest, nasty, short letter, solitary, violent, violent death
«Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol.»
«People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.»
«Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.»
Author: Mao Tse-Tung
| About:
Politics,
Power,
Revolution,
Violence
| Keywords:
barrel, barreling, gun, political power
«Never raise your hand to your children ? it leaves your midsection unprotected»
Author: Robert Orben
| About:
Children,
Family,
Parents,
Violence
| Keywords:
midsection, unprotected
«Nothing good ever comes of violence.»
«Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.»
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