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“The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a fellow creature, he rises in some measure above the person who give the command.”

Men Giving Persons Violence He Man Creatures Authority Fellows Command Acknowledge Submit Compliance

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages.”

Age Violence Emotional Gender Command Old Age Territory Hormones Violence Against Women Midlife

Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

“Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.”

Literature Violence Command Crude

Book:Letters of Ellen Glasgow

Source: Letters of Ellen Glasgow

“This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received his great brain by mistake -- the spinal cord would have been amply sufficient. This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism -- how intensely I despise them! War is low and despicable, and I had rather be smitten to shreds than participate in such doings.”