“Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.” LiteratureDemocracyViolenceStructureDemocraticWesternConsumerismConvenience Author:Edward Bond
“Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.” HumansPlayLiteratureViolenceSolutionsAffair Author:Edward Bond
“It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas” MeanIdeasLiteratureDemocracyViolenceGenesContainingRestraining Author:Edward Bond
“I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.” IfsWritingViolenceShapesViolentMannersOur SocietyNegativityJaneAusten Book:Bond Plays: 2: Lear; The Sea; Narrow Road to the Deep North; Black Mass; Passion Source: Bond Plays: 2: Lear; The Sea; Narrow Road to the Deep North; Black Mass; Passion
