#violence

It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#passion #tear #veil #violence #life

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#american culture #between #crime #culture #devastation

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#campaigns #depend #domestic #harassment #image

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! ↗

— Albert Einstein

#goes #hate #heroism #how #i

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. ↗

— Max Stirner

#crime #individual #law #own #state

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#entirety #focus #good #lives #look

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#coward #discredit #movement #out #real

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#channels #fascist #his #information #method

Sex and violence: the greatest duo since the Three Stooges. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#sex #three-stooges #violence #funny

As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#attacks #continued #country #draws #ensure