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I call on all the demonstrators in Jerusalem, on the right and the left, to behave responsibly and not to act violently. We are brotherly people. – Ammar Awad/Reuters Massive spontaneous protests	Found on CNN 1 year ago
what society dictates, we consume, cattle gathering around learning devices called television, mouths opening wider while addictive morsels of consumerism are violently jammed into us and we lose more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 1 year ago
It is clear that The Iranian government is afraid of The Iranian government own people, mahsa Amini is senselessly, tragically dead, and now The Iranian government is violently suppressing peaceful protesters rightly angry about Mahsa Amini loss. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think we established that when there are people committing acts of violence, what the police should do is take action against those people. What you can't do is take it out on the peaceful protesters, the acts of violence against peaceful protesters by the police were so extensive, I think that's what persuaded the jury. He added that the city never presented evidence or argued that the plaintiffs had acted violently. – Tim Macdonald	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We need those who can violently shake the world in a gentle way, not those who gently shake it in a violent way. – Goa Kerle	added by Goa_ 2 years ago
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just say' George Floyd, thank u 4 sacrificing your life for justice' ? George Floyd did not SACRIFICE George Floyd life. George Floyd life was violently taken, this type of lunacy is what happens when Professor Barbara Ransby view people as nothing but pawns for Professor Barbara Ransby cause. – Barbara Ransby	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was an innocent 17-year-old who was violently attacked and defended myself. – Kyle Rittenhouse	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If I could have got a shot at the guy, I'd have shot him myself, because he was, he was that violently ... – Gregory McMichael	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have shown that Wolf-Rayet stars, which are among the most massive stars known and can explode violently as they reach the end of their lives, help us, in a way, to maintain good dental health. – Maximilien Franco	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I was particularly shocked at seeing the insurrectionists violently attack us with the very American flag that they claimed they sought to protect, i was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country. – Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Hundreds of Capitol police officers were violently assaulted on Jan. 6, republican members of the House claim to back the blue. They'll have an opportunity at the first hearing to keep it real and to demonstrate that those words are not just rhetorical, but they really plan to support the Capitol Police officers who defended our democracy at great personal cost to themselves on Jan. 6. – Hakeem Jeffries	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are getting more people who are reacting violently or unpredictably to a search warrant. – Andrew McCabe	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Three officers violently attacked by protesters crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, the officers sustained serious injuries. This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated. – New York	Found on CNN 3 years ago
A part of this is the Confederacy and the fact that these individuals not only fought violently to overthrow the United States government, but quite frankly, fought in favor of continuing the institution of slavery, which has had a direct impact on the lives and minds of Hispanic Americans, so it is almost like a microaggression. – Bishop Garrison	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The head [of the fish] has been bitten through; the bones have got sharp edges where theyve literally been crushed and broken, so this thing probably attacked the fish quite violently --the bones in the head of the fish are just literally smashed. – Malcolm Hart	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The market has been reacting violently because we've never seen anything like this before, right now we're pumping 50% more oil than we've been using and it isn't' going to end anytime soon. – Charles Lemonides	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
While death and injury tolls continue to rise, steps taken so far will remain hollow if not completed. The people must be served and protected, not violently oppressed. – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	Found on CNN 4 years ago
One of our brave officers was injured while keeping New Yorkers safe, this time, because a man who violently interfered with a lawful arrest. – Patrol Rodney K. Harrison	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Participating in peaceful marches and gatherings is totally different to those who unscrupulously challenge the' one country, two systems' bottom line... deface and insult the national flag, violently attack police and innocent citizens, seriously damage public and private property and endanger public safety. – Yang Guang	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We've already had five, just this year, five black transgender women killed violently in 2019 -- that's outrageous. It must, it must, it must end, and the fastest way to end it is, end the Trump administration. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago
A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of lifespan, in effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child. And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. I did not want to surrender fierceness for a small gain in yardage. – John Steinbeck	added by Normando 4 years ago
I have literally seen him violently awakening from night terrors, following the assault, some of my siblings, as well as Jussie's partner and closest friends have seen similar things. – Jussie Smollett	Found on CNN 5 years ago
That a child, with his mother, at a safe public area like a mall, could be violently attacked for no reason is chilling for everyone, we charged Mr. Aranda with the most severe crime that the evidence allowed. – Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The United Kingdom's The United Kingdom and the markets are reacting very violently, [ because ] the risks of a more disorderly situation are increasing and are very material. – John Wraith	Found on CNN 5 years ago

I call on all the demonstrators in Jerusalem, on the right and the left, to behave responsibly and not to act violently. We are brotherly people.

– Ammar Awad/Reuters Massive spontaneous protests

Found on CNN
1 year ago

what society dictates, we consume, cattle gathering around learning devices called television, mouths opening wider while addictive morsels of consumerism are violently jammed into us and we lose more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

It is clear that The Iranian government is afraid of The Iranian government own people, mahsa Amini is senselessly, tragically dead, and now The Iranian government is violently suppressing peaceful protesters rightly angry about Mahsa Amini loss.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think we established that when there are people committing acts of violence, what the police should do is take action against those people. What you can't do is take it out on the peaceful protesters, the acts of violence against peaceful protesters by the police were so extensive, I think that's what persuaded the jury. He added that the city never presented evidence or argued that the plaintiffs had acted violently.

– Tim Macdonald

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We need those who can violently shake the world in a gentle way, not those who gently shake it in a violent way.

– Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just say' George Floyd, thank u 4 sacrificing your life for justice' ? George Floyd did not SACRIFICE George Floyd life. George Floyd life was violently taken, this type of lunacy is what happens when Professor Barbara Ransby view people as nothing but pawns for Professor Barbara Ransby cause.

– Barbara Ransby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was an innocent 17-year-old who was violently attacked and defended myself.

– Kyle Rittenhouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If I could have got a shot at the guy, I'd have shot him myself, because he was, he was that violently ...

– Gregory McMichael

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have shown that Wolf-Rayet stars, which are among the most massive stars known and can explode violently as they reach the end of their lives, help us, in a way, to maintain good dental health.

– Maximilien Franco

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was particularly shocked at seeing the insurrectionists violently attack us with the very American flag that they claimed they sought to protect, i was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country.

– Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Hundreds of Capitol police officers were violently assaulted on Jan. 6, republican members of the House claim to back the blue. They'll have an opportunity at the first hearing to keep it real and to demonstrate that those words are not just rhetorical, but they really plan to support the Capitol Police officers who defended our democracy at great personal cost to themselves on Jan. 6.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are getting more people who are reacting violently or unpredictably to a search warrant.

– Andrew McCabe

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Three officers violently attacked by protesters crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, the officers sustained serious injuries. This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated.

– New York

Found on CNN
3 years ago

A part of this is the Confederacy and the fact that these individuals not only fought violently to overthrow the United States government, but quite frankly, fought in favor of continuing the institution of slavery, which has had a direct impact on the lives and minds of Hispanic Americans, so it is almost like a microaggression.

– Bishop Garrison

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The head [of the fish] has been bitten through; the bones have got sharp edges where theyve literally been crushed and broken, so this thing probably attacked the fish quite violently --the bones in the head of the fish are just literally smashed.

– Malcolm Hart

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The market has been reacting violently because we've never seen anything like this before, right now we're pumping 50% more oil than we've been using and it isn't' going to end anytime soon.

– Charles Lemonides

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

While death and injury tolls continue to rise, steps taken so far will remain hollow if not completed. The people must be served and protected, not violently oppressed.

– Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Found on CNN
4 years ago

One of our brave officers was injured while keeping New Yorkers safe, this time, because a man who violently interfered with a lawful arrest.

– Patrol Rodney K. Harrison

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Participating in peaceful marches and gatherings is totally different to those who unscrupulously challenge the' one country, two systems' bottom line... deface and insult the national flag, violently attack police and innocent citizens, seriously damage public and private property and endanger public safety.

– Yang Guang

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We've already had five, just this year, five black transgender women killed violently in 2019 -- that's outrageous. It must, it must, it must end, and the fastest way to end it is, end the Trump administration.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of lifespan, in effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child. And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. I did not want to surrender fierceness for a small gain in yardage.

– John Steinbeck

added by Normando
4 years ago

I have literally seen him violently awakening from night terrors, following the assault, some of my siblings, as well as Jussie's partner and closest friends have seen similar things.

– Jussie Smollett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

That a child, with his mother, at a safe public area like a mall, could be violently attacked for no reason is chilling for everyone, we charged Mr. Aranda with the most severe crime that the evidence allowed.

– Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The United Kingdom's The United Kingdom and the markets are reacting very violently, [ because ] the risks of a more disorderly situation are increasing and are very material.

– John Wraith

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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