Violence

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Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.

A Room of One's Own
The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

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There will be many men who will move one against another, holding in their hands a cutting tool. But these will not do each other any injury beyond tiring each other; for, when one pushes forward the other will draw back. But woe to him who comes between them! For he will end by being cut in pieces
The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do
Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man
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