Commodification Quote by Henry Giroux

The Theatre of Cruelty has been created in order to restore to the theatre a passionate and convulsive conception of life, and it is…

— Antonin Artaud

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

— Oscar Wilde

One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

— Marquis de Sade

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more…

— Aldous Huxley

Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is…

— Vernon Howard

“in every pleasure, cruelty has its place...”

— Oscar Wilde

In the killing of animals there is cruelty, rage, and the accustoming of oneself to the bad habit of shedding innocent blood.

— Joseph Albo

“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

Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.

— Walter Savage Landor

“Over the years I had convinced myself that brutality required motive, but this is a fool’s deceit. Cruelty is the motive; religion and politics…

— Lee Thomas

A lust for the violence is the science of their behavior.

— Krs One

A modern and humane civilization must control conception or sink into barbaric cruelty to individuals.

— Marie Stopes