Contributing Quote by Sara Gilbert

Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.

— Deborah Prothrow-Stith

There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds…

— Alva Myrdal

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country.

— Danny Glover

It's not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its extreme, gives…

— Tony Blair

The world is not violent. But there is a lot of violence in it.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.

— Meshell Ndegeocello

This violence is so pervasive. We see it in our schools, where we have more security guards now than teachers. We see it in…

— Henry Giroux

More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest…

— Gloria Steinem

The world is in such a place of social unrest and there's so much violence.

— Walt Dohrn

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

— Norman Lear

One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.

— Danny Glover

This is certainly not to excuse the violence that exists on TV and films and on the Internet. But the truth is that wherever…

— Irwin Winkler