Etymology

I choose violence

Today it means: Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others. Full definition →

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The story

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "No One" (2016) of the television series Game of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister, facing clerical detention and ordered to restrain her bodyguard, calmly responds, "I choose violence."

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