In a civilization when love is gone we turn to justice and when justice is gone we turn to power and when power is gone we turn to violence.
– Kare Anderson
Related Quotes:
- Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. – John Paul II
- Civilization must be preserved,’ says he.’Civilization’s doing fine,’ I said. ‘We just don’t happen to be where it is. – Joanna Russ
- The soul of our civilization depends upon the civilization of our soul. The imagination of our culture calls for a culture of the imagination. – James Hillman
- Culture is the best society has to offer…How can we pass on civilization to those who do not value civilization. (Terrence Rattigan) – Beth Fine
- Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies. – Fernand Braudel
- Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end. – Haruki Murakami
- The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. – Sigmund Freud
- America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be. – AA Gill
- A blind Justice is merely an impartial Justice. True Justice would have eyes in the back of her head and a pair of mismatched shoes. – Eli Ashpence
- A justice-thirsty country needs nothing but justice, neither bread nor anything else, only justice! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future. – Abhijit Naskar
- Where love is absent, violence is a glaring possibility. Introduce love into any situation and violence gradually evaporates. – Pooja Ruprell
- So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold. – Steven Pinker
- You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
- The human civilization has gone extremely so far; that in return, we have lost the line between stupidity and spirituality. – MF Moonzajer
- Violence never can wipe out violence, only a caring heart with love can do that. – Debasish Mridha
- Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence,- I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany. – Zack Love
- NO TRUTH, NO LIGHTNo truth, no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness. – Suzy Kassem
- No truth, no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness. – Suzy Kassem
- Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others. – Thomas Sowell
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- To protect one’s own statement is the greatest form of violence. To impress upon others that his statement is correct is a form of violence itself. – Dada Bhagwan
- If you have a drop of violence or anger in your mind, it can ignite a candle and be the source of violence, so be kind. – Debasish Mridha
- Non-violence is more powerful than violence. Nature eliminates violent animals bit by bit. – Amit Ray
- Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred. – Dalai Lama XIV
- Violence is violence and can in no way be misconstrued as discipline under any circumstance cultural or otherwise. – Aysha Taryam
- We have been trained by a culture of violence and we are all agents of passive violence. – Bryant McGill
- Violence only begets violence when we allow it to. We always have a choice. – PT Denys
- We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves. – Bryant McGill
- When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Where ever there’s guilt there’s violence, and if guilt is a smell then violence is a taste: strawberries and formaldehyde and ironish blood. – Glen Duncan
- It didn’t take much prompting for Cariocas who were sick of living with violence to advocate violence as a solution. – Juliana Barbassa
- As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light. – Aspen Matis
- In Labor movements generally, success through violence can hardly be expected except in circumstances where success without violence is attainable. – Bertrand Russell
- Today you closed your eyes on violence, tomorrow, the violence will close your eyes on you. – VicDo
- Violence can be a gift. Violence belongs to everyone. – Bryant McGill
- As long as we do violence to other animals, we’ll keep on doing violence to ourselves. – Paul Russell
- Don’t you understand that freedom depends upon the continuing possibility of rebel violence. When violence becomes unthinkable, freedom dies-¦ – Samuel B Southwell
- All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed. – Bryant McGill
- Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? – Paolo Freire