Wendell Berry Quote

The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty straight. We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare — warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself.


Commencement address at Lindsey Wilson College (14 May 2005).

Kentucky Author Wendell Berry Challenges Graduates to Help End Human Violence


The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty...

The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty...

The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty...

The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining … to the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty...