Violence in example sentence

It means that violence, the rule of warriors and despotic chiefs, the conditions of camps and warfare, of riot and tyranny, give place to parliaments where laws are made, and independent courts of justice in which over long periods those laws are maintained.

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In Georgia, after years of stalemate, we saw a full-scale resurgence of violence in August, 2008.

In Kyrgyzstan, just over the last few weeks, unprecedented levels of violence occurred between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks.

And in Iraq, finally, violence is on the rise again, and the country has yet to form a government four months after its last parliamentary elections.

Despite centuries of animosity, decades of violence and thousands of people killed, 1998 saw the conclusion of an historic agreement.

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