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The only way to halt an escalation of violence is for Israelis and Palestinians to work towards a viable negotiating process aimed at a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement,

The only way to escape from the present downward spiral lies through ending the violence and resuming negotiations aimed at comprehensive peaceful settlement based on relevant United Nations resolutions,

There is certainly more violence and there are violent elements trying to come back, ... I think this is a situation that will probably be difficult for some time.

There is certainly less violence and less tension on the ground. Whether it's sustainable or not needs to be seen, but it's a good sign.

The people of Northern Ireland will now judge Sinn Fein on their actions over the coming days, ... An end to the war means the weapons of terrorism must be destroyed and all forms of paramilitary violence must cease for good.

The people of Nepal have lived through far too much violence already. Without urgent action from the international community and all parties in Nepal, a new generation will grow up knowing nothing but bloodshed and conflict.

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.

The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.

We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children

We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years,

My mother and I are big domestic violence advocates.

No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!

Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.

All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype,

We regret this tragic incident, but we have to remind our patrons that violence at theaters is extremely rare. We've had 1.5 billion people come to the theaters in each of the past three years, and there were only a handful of violent incidents. Though very unfortunate, this type of incident is very rare at the cinema. At this time we don't know if there is any association of this particular incident in connection with the film that was playing. We'll let the police do their investigation.

We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst,

This program takes participants through a process that teaches them how to navigate situations involving gang activities and violence.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

People aren't for hitting.

You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.

There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.

This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.

Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.

Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.

In non-violence the cause has to be just and clear as well as the means.

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.

The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

A lot of women do a lot of harm because they don't control their emotions. But in terms of violence, men seem to have a monopoly

I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean language', which of course was catnip to me, especially as I'd recently discovered Lispector doing pretty much the same to Portuguese.

Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.

God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.

The essence of God is consciousness. Consciousness can be used for either violence or peace; the choice is ours. When it is expanded, human consciousness chooses non-violence, since that is compatible with love.

The only option left is to continue our struggle in the National Assembly because we want to avoid violence and prevent confrontation,

The prime minister continues to demonize us. We will continue to pray and to resist, but we will do all of these things without violence. The real violence is destroying homes and throwing out the residents.

I do not like violence.

Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.

When we see Israel suffering these horrible bombings, when we see this kind of violence threatening once again to make progress more difficult, we're keeping in touch with the other players.

The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a fellow creature, he rises in some measure above the person who give the command.

Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

Liberty is one of the best of all sublunary advantages. I would willingly therefore communicate knowledge, without infringing, or with as little possible violence to, the volition and individual judgment of the person to be instructed.

Look, this is not a movie for kids. It is a movie that does put that violence in context and it shows the idea of sacrifice, and it emphasizes -- in a way that I think a lot of people don't expect -- that this sacrifice, this death, this suffering was chosen by Jesus, at least according to the Gospels account.

Many of those people carrying those placards were clearly inciting violence or inciting hatred and that is against the law. It does not need any new glorification laws.

Many people living in these neighborhoods suffer. But nothing can excuse such useless, such blind violence like we saw,

Many people found for the first time what it is like to totally dependent on themselves for protection. People put up signs that said 'Shotguns Inside' and that kept the gangs and violence away.

Sexual violence cases just seem to continue to emerge with frightening regularity and I guess severity.

Should the President's budget be approved as is, every region in the country-and thus our state as well-would stand to lose resources that help prevent youth violence and promote drug awareness. This would be particularly devastating to those communities in the 6th District combating a growing opiate problem among their youth.

Since it is the state which is responsible for these social services, the government becomes discredited and a deep-seated attitude of alienation sets in. The entire society reaps the effect in the high incidence of crime, violence and anti-social behaviour

Most people would recognize that broadcast programming is far less explicit in terms of sex and violence than what you routinely find on cable and satellite TV and radio.

Most people who call and report stuff are older, ... Even when younger people turn themselves in, it's an older person who convinced them to do so. There's so much violence in youth culture, so much fear ? 'What if I get shot, if they find out?' Revenge is rare, but you see it more with the new breed of young thug-life characters. There's a whole genre of rap that promotes it. I'm not blaming the recording and entertainment industry, but it's that culture ? I'm hard, callous, I don't care .

Much of the violence that we see now is being created by the gangs that were once aligned with the Aristide government. Without that factor, Haiti would be much closer to the rule of law and farther away from gang violence. So it's critical for the actors who supported these groups and who supported this violence to be part of ending it.

Men tend to view violence as an offensive strategy, and women tend to view it in a more defensive mode. When you look at workplace killings, it's almost always men, partly because men will often use violence to even the score.

One of the unfortunate, maybe inevitable, side effects of that is that we're probably going to see a rise in violence as NATO spreads into this area in an even more dense fashion.

One recommendation from the summit was to focus on supporting parents and helping them talk about issues like violence with children. Our research shows that there is a window of opportunity with preadolescents when they're most receptive to messages from their parents.

Of course there have been some isolated incidents of violence masterminded by the opposition camp,

Obviously when you have an increase in violence in a certain area, we take it seriously, ... That part of the city's not really known for that type of crime, so we want to prevent (more incidents of that nature) from happening in the future.

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

No one in 2003 got hurt and there was no violence to talk about.

No one has shown any connection whatsoever between these games and tragic incidents such as Littleton, or to youth violence in general, ... But countless studies have shown a linkage of youth violence to factors such as poverty, lack of parental involvement, family violence, untreated mental illness, the proliferation of guns, substance abuse and illegal drug wars.

More people than ever believe that violence has been very useful for Palestinians to achieve their national rights ... but it drove the public to draw all of the opposite conclusions. People want a focus to be on issues of rebuilding and reconstruction, and now there is less support for violence.

My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.

Maybe he was speaking to his people, who would like to see the violence subside,

NATO will continue to be critical about what the Russians are doing in Chechnya, not just on the basis of principle, but because we disagree with disproportionate violence and the civilian casualties who are being affected, ... We think that they are simply storing up more problems for the future.

NATO is resolved to persevere until the violence in Kosovo has ended and a political solution has been reached,

NATO is preparing to go further if required to halt the violence and protect the civilian populations (in Kosovo),

Nobody is entitled to do this in the name of Islam and who does it in the name of Islam is harming Islam ... Violence weakens us. Violence works against us. Anything except violence is helpful. He hopes on that occasion to meet with a number of leaders from Europe and from the Islamic world and to discuss with them ways of calming the situation.

On our second night there, we heard of a ten year old girl being raped and murdered. There was violence there, we heard stories,

On our part we have pledged that there will be no acts of violence. At the same time we want the government of Sri Lanka to ensure there shouldn't be any violence perpetrated against innocent civilians and the LTTE.

On our part we have given our assurance there will be no act of violence by the L.T.T.E. against government forces.

Only then, after the violence will drop down dramatically, then finally we can resume the peace talks about the constructive solutions, what to be done between the two people.

On my knees I beg you to turn away from the paths of violence

One of the dilemmas domestic violence agencies have been facing for awhile is the fact that there are not enough beds.

I would say 30,000 more or less have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis.

I worked on movies with a lot of violence when I was a cinematographer, and it always bothered me. It's a personal thing. I wouldn't want my kids to see it. I certainly believe that freedom of expression shouldn't be taken away, but I also believe you can make movies that are thrilling and exciting without too much violence.

If these arrangements are going to work, then everyone involved will have to give up violence for good, and decommissioning is an essential part of the package. People can't pick and choose which parts they like or dislike.

If they left, in the short term there would be an increase in violence.

I'd just like to take a moment here to say that I'm totally opposed to violence in the school system. I think that teachers are subjected to a lot of stuff that kids are... Children out there, if you feel so compelled to maim your teacher, I think that's okay, but to really get rough and snuff 'em out, that's tough.

I did this because I'd like to make a stand against violence - plus I look pretty good in these heels. It really is important to get peoples' attention about this thing, because violence against women on campus is a big deal.

I don't believe this is going to cause any more violence in the inner city,

I'd be very surprised if there isn't any violence, but that doesn't mean it's going to go to the other extreme and be another Seattle.

I am deeply worried because we are seeing an unleashing of violence by 2,000 to 3,000 thugs who come to smash and loot. My objective is to avoid mistakes by the police, so that people can protest in safety.

I am fascist, not racist. I do the Roman (fascist) salute to greet our supporters and those who share my ideas. This gesture is in no way an incitement to violence and even less about racial hatred.

I am sure these people have evil aims. They intend to foster violence in society, and we shall stand in their way ... We take the security of our country and our citizens very seriously,

I appeal to all involved to avoid use of bombs and violence and really get back to the negotiating table.

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.

But we don't meet with terrorists. We don't meet with people who are involved in violence or fomenting violence.

Bullying is a public health problem (tied to) the larger issue of youth violence in this country.

I have been gratified by the clear determination expressed by NATO and its member governments to prevent a further escalation of the fighting, and I encourage all steps that may deter the further use of ethnically driven repression and the resort to violence by either side in Kosovo,

I have managed, in the nine months since my election, to create a climate of peace and not a climate of violence amongst Palestinians,

If, in fact, you felt it was a mistake of malice, a mistake of violence, a mistake repeated, those are all factors.

If in fact Arafat will do what he in the past has said he will do, if he will actually deliver on the Tenet plan, if he'll move to put a lid on the violence and do what's required,

I feel real strong that violence should be in (the statute). We need to give parents a tool to protect their children.

groups that perpetrated violence so widely and broadly against the Haitian people in recent weeks.

Given his violent history and the violence in this case in Tennessee, I would consider parole to be unlikely,