Consumerism Quote by Edward Bond

“Violent ideologies speak their own language; core concepts are translated to maintain the system while appearing to support the people. Under carnism, for instance,…

— Melanie Joy

It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas

— Edward Bond

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

— Noam Chomsky

Violence, with its ever-present economy of uncertainty, fear, and terror, is no longer merely a side effect of police brutality, war, or criminal behavior.…

— Henry Giroux

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left…

— Bob Dylan

I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.

— Pierre Trudeau

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.

— Barbara Boxer

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism,…

— Peter L. Berger

Democracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption.

— Naomi Wolf

The war waged against terror since September 11 puts a strain on democracy itself, because it is mostly waged in secret, using means that…

— Michael Ignatieff

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

— Hillary Clinton