Quotes with non-violence

Quotes 241 till 243 of 243.

• The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

  Ben Shapiro
  American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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• The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.

  Simone Weil
  French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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• To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed to ensure the maintenance of imperialist, future-oriented society.

  Bell Hooks
  American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• future-oriented
• psychological
• necessities
• maintenance
• imperialist
• humanity

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