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Violence against women is as American as apple pie.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

Violence against women in this country is not levied against just Democrats, but Republicans as well... not just rich people or poor people. It knows no gender, it knows no ethnicity, it knows nothing.

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.

I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.