- Constitution
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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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- Nov 07, 2020
War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence.
- First-Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we were there, we saw first-hand the senseless violence and destruction from terrorist groups that have repeatedly called for the end of Israel. These kinds of attacks are an unfortunate part of everyday life for the Israeli people.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
The role that blood plays in Christian iconography is huge - the washing of the blood, the shedding of blood, the blood of the cross, the crucifixion, the violence of that imagery. These are horrific, and yet they are at the center of the Christian faith. There is a place where beauty and terror merge, and it's at the cross.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible skills, that they needed to turn one of the most vicious governments the world has known into a democracy. And they did it in a total devotion to non-violence.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am honored to continue the fight for equal economic opportunities, the right to choose, and an end to gender-based violence by serving as an ACLU Celebrity Ambassador.
- Issue
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- Nov 07, 2020
Violence has never resolved any issue.
- Nov 07, 2020