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I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.

The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

We need to do something about the culture of violence.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.

For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.