Quote by Edward Abbey

“Violence is as American as cherry pie”

— Anonymous

“We live in a culture of violence.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— H. Rap Brown

“I think it's civilization [that] makes us violent.”

— Charlotte McConaghy

“Violence is a tool. It is meant to shock. To change. Instead, they normalize and celebrate it. And create a culture of exploitation.”

— Pierce Brown

“We're all violent. Especially when it concerns the ones we love. They're intimately connected, love and hate.”

— Tess Gerritsen

“Violence - the kind you see on television - is not honestly violent, there lies its harm.”

— William Strunk Jr

“Isn't violence a failure of the imagination, after all? And that failure, isn't it stupidity?”

— Jeet Thayil

“Violence is not just an emotion, it is a culture. Some suffer in it, some are born into it and others cannot live without…

— Isabella Poretsis

“Make pizza, not war. No matter how you slice it, that’s wise.”

— Jarod Kintz

“But what was more violent than making people disbelieve in the worth of their own lives? What was more violent than making them believe…

— Ishmael Beah

“Violence is compelling and ineffective, it can be ascertained, as one becomes an expert at it.”

— Patricia Dsouza