--- title: "6 Inherently Violent Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Inherently Violent quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Inherently Violent sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/e-f-schumacher-8282_humans_the-technology-of-mass-production-is-inh_443696.png" --- > [The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-schumacher/the-technology-of-mass-production-is-inherently-violent-ecologically/) [E. F. Schumacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-schumacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/e-f-schumacher-8282_humans_the-technology-of-mass-production-is-inh_443696.png) > [I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/i-m-really-schizophrenic-about-that-because-on-the-one-hand-i-would/) [Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/lester-bangs-9750_hands_i-m-really-schizophrenic-about-that-beca_826204.jpg) > [“But no religion is inherently violent or peaceful; people are violent or peaceful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/but-no-religion-is-inherently-violent-or-peaceful-people-are-violent/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/reza-aslan-2665_peace_but-no-religion-is-inherently-violent-or_1142219.png) > [“Why is that any less plausible or relevant than the safe, sanitized, pre-packaged bullshit of an armchair diagnosis made solely from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-lawrence-jacoby/why-is-that-any-less-plausible-or-relevant-than-the-safe-sanitized/) [Dr. Lawrence Jacoby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-lawrence-jacoby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/dr-lawrence-jacoby-233907_time_why-is-that-any-less-plausible-or-releva_2307186.jpg) > [An aggravating feature of this post-9/11 atmosphere is to cast suspicions on Muslims and on Islam as a religion that is interpreted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-falk/an-aggravating-feature-of-this-post-9-11-atmosphere-is-to-cast/) [Richard A. Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-a-falk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/richard-a-falk-8295_aggravating_an-aggravating-feature-of-this-post-9-11_2543635.jpg) > [We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-americans-are-not-an-inherently-more-violent-people-than-folks-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/barack-obama-17_action_we-americans-are-not-an-inherently-more_3042090.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inherently-violent/#itemlist", "name": "Inherently Violent Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. F. 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