Acknowledge Quote by Robert Bringhurst

Violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and…

— Frantz Fanon

My own view is that violence is a part of classical Haida literature - and of every mythology everywhere, so far as I can…

— Robert Bringhurst

American Indian and Alaska Native people suffer from unacceptable and disproportionately high levels of violence, which can have lasting impacts on families and communities.

— William Barr

How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to that violence. I think it's a question of language, as it arrives…

— Claudia Rankine

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

— Lena Headey

Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think it is…

— Jake Lloyd

Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

— Marshall McLuhan

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

— Aaron Allston

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that…

— Rollo May

Any of us who listen to the news or listen to stories our neighbors tell are accustomed to violence. We have to decide then…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“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

Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke violence in…

— Noam Chomsky