Believe Quote by Edgar Friedenberg

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.

— Henry A. Kissinger

My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying…

— Noam Chomsky

In the United States the state monopoly on the use of violence has intensified since the 1980s, and in the process, has been increasingly…

— Henry Giroux

“there is virtually no credible social science evidence to support the idea that violence in societies can be effectively addressed in the absence of…

— Gary A. Haugen

“Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.”

— Bryant McGill

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic…

— Henry Rollins

We don't condone violence. And I say it.

— Donald Trump

The solution to violence in America is the acceptance of reality

— Gavin de Becker

Past violence is detrimental to our present action, and it is not in the name of principles that we denounce it, but in the…

— Pierre Bourgault

“Violence is one way to silence people, to deny their voice and their credibility, to assert your right to control over their right to…

— Rebecca Solnit

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

— H. Rap Brown

I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people…

— H. Rap Brown