the more progress we make, the more desperate these killers become.

As long as freedom and democracy do not flourish in the Middle East, that region will remain stagnant, resentful, and violent.

The people of Sierra Leone have suffered the ravages of a brutal civil war for nearly a decade.

The crisis with respect to grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process that led to the declaration on January 23, 1995, of a national emergency has not been resolved.

The violence does not demonstrate that the quest for peace has gone too far—but that it has not gone far enough.

I'm frustrated, and I'm very sad because I don't want any more kids to die.

Unless we deal with the ravages of crime and violence, none of the other things we seek to do will ever take us where we need to go.

One act of violence is still one too many.

I think this is once again a call to us to do whatever we can to protect our children from this sort of violence and this tragedy.

We stand with Spain in condemning this cowardly act and call on those responsible to renounce the violence and terrorism which have taken too many innocent lives in recent years.

I am shocked and saddened by today's armed attacks in the Armenian Parliament.

I condemn this senseless act against individuals actively engaged in building democracy in their country.

The activities of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad.

Every day, every day we lose more than a dozen kids to violence.

I convey my deepest sympathy and heartfelt sorrow to those affected by these senseless acts of violence.

acts of violence against people who are trying to exercise their constitutional rights are acts of terror.

there is never an excuse for an act of violence against someone exercising a constitutional right.

Dr. King was a man of clear and powerful vision who offered an uncompromising message of brotherhood and hope at a time when violence and racial intolerance tore at the seams of our Nation.