There's been real hostility toward political poetry in the U.S., hostility or, at best, incomprehension. I'm speaking of those who have institutional… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it… — Sharon Tate Copy Share Image
Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school,… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame,… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I want to try to apply my abilities sometimes to make families happy, so I have to make movies at a venue… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
“The phrase "the violent bear it away" fascinated the 20th century Irish-American storyteller Flannery O'Connor, who used it as the title of… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act, and their resolutions will be dictated… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
The reality is if we sit back and allow a few officials behind closed doors to launch offensive attacks without any oversight… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I am prepared to maintain that Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society, that communities are held together and… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a violent backlash againist feminism that uses images of female beauty as political weapons against women's… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
