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«The most violent element in society is ignorance.»
«Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Civilization,
Freedom,
Mankind
| Keywords:
abridgment, abridgments, encroachment, encroachments, gradual, instances, sudden, The General, usurpation, violent
«The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent»
«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
«The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.»
Author: Anne Rice
(Author)
| Keywords:
choked, effortlessly, flows, fought, humiliation, humiliations, melodic, riff, riffs, strangle, strangled, strangles, strangling, surrendered, violent, weeping
«The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.»
Author: Alfred Adler
| About:
Inferiority
| Keywords:
agitation, conquest, emotional, experienced, inferiority, The Urge, urge, violent
«Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| Keywords:
After the Revolution, inevitable, peaceful, peaceful revolution, revolutions, violent
«The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.»
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
(Historian)
| Keywords:
dislike, groups, violent, welfare, welfare state
«So long as they don't get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me.»
«The prize reaffirms our conviction that with truth, courage and determination as our weapons, Tibet will be liberated. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
conviction, free of, liberated, non violent, prize, reaffirm, reaffirmed, reaffirming, reaffirms, The Prize, Tibet, violent, weapons
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