- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Violence Quotes
Naming violence in its many forms.
Two of these lines sit squarely in policy debate, one arguing that background-check rules for private firearm transfers among relatives wouldn't meaningfully reduce harm, another assessing ISIS as a real but non-central strategic threat, in the same territory as Gun quotes.
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- Handled
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't go to things because I want to see violence, I go to things because I want to see them handled well.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
I under no circumstances want to be seen as a victim. I have worked with victims of sexual violence and I don't have a candle to hold to the experiences of those victims.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
The proven method for saving the lives of innocent Americans is not disarming them. The proven method for saving the lives of innocent Americans is to arrest, prosecute, convict and jail criminal offenders, especially armed career criminals illegally using guns. This is the way to reduce gun violence.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The number of people who believe in stopping violence in the world is wildly greater than those that want to perpetrate it. When everybody has a smartphone, the ability for people to actually do something about violence goes up significantly.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020