What we have to continue to remind ourselves is that violence is a choice. Rosie Batty More Quotes by Rosie Batty More Quotes From Rosie Batty I want to tell people that family violence happens to anybody, no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are. Rosie Batty nice intelligent people Family violence is an entrenched epidemic that we've lived with since time began, so we've got a long way to go. But I do believe the tide is turned. It's no longer a subject that only occurs behind closed doors Rosie Batty epidemics doors believe What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should do. You do the best you can. Rosie Batty simple judging people Let's start calling family violence 'terrorism' and then maybe we will start to see that investment of funding applied to where it needs to be. Rosie Batty violence calling needs Children have very little voice, and the coroner's inquest is about Luke's voice, and making sure Luke is heard and respected and honoured. I don't want him to have died in vain. Rosie Batty domestic-violence voice children I never want anyone to be sitting where I'm sitting and to have lost their son, because I can never get Luke back. Rosie Batty domestic-violence sitting son This is about saving children's lives. It is not about agencies and services protecting themselves. Rosie Batty domestic-violence agency children Luke was a little boy in a growing body that felt pain and sadness and fear for his mum, and he always believed he would be safe with his dad. Rosie Batty sadness dad pain What we want is to make sure that people don't go through what I'm going through ... and we have to understand that even since Luke's death, children have been killed. Rosie Batty domestic-violence children people
