In my books I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it it's at the extreme end of their experience.

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty of public equality and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.

From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart from a clean environment to true equality for women from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

Education is a vacine for violence.

Education is the vaccine for violence.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations whether they involve welfare youth education care of the sick and elderly or even protection against violence and abuse.

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression as a normality and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.