Violence

Violence

Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against a person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. This definition associates intentionality with the committing of the act itself, irrespective of the outcome it produces.

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Famous quotes containing the word violence:

    Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?
    Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

    It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping.
    Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)

    The art of living is to function in society without doing violence to one’s own needs or to the needs of others. The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.
    Elaine Heffner (20th century)