I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel American Novelist More Elie Wiesel Quotes 2
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public. Henry Knox American Soldier More Henry Knox Quotes 1
There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror. Nicholas D. Kristof American Writer More Nicholas D. Kristof Quotes 0
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings. Henry Mayhew English Journalist More Henry Mayhew Quotes 0
The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful. Carson McCullers American Novelist More Carson McCullers Quotes 0
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. John Boyd Orr Scottish Politician More John Boyd Orr Quotes 0
Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. Alice Miller Swiss Psychologist More Alice Miller Quotes 0
What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God. Kate Millett American Activist More Kate Millett Quotes 0
So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words. Godfrey Reggio American Director More Godfrey Reggio Quotes 0
Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man. Rip Torn American Actor More Rip Torn Quotes 0
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. Simone Weil French Philosopher More Simone Weil Quotes 0
Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God. Bruce Shelley American Designer More Bruce Shelley Quotes 0
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. William Tecumseh Sherman Soldier More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes 0
With this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incessantly to cultivate the deepest humiliation before God. Charles Simeon English Clergyman More Charles Simeon Quotes 0
I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation. Todd Solondz American Writer More Todd Solondz Quotes 0
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters. Ben Stiller American Comedian More Ben Stiller Quotes 0
This is all being done after the humiliation and degradation of the arrest. Alan Konop More Alan Konop Quotes 0
We all felt the humiliation after that game of being bossed around by the London Irish pack. Andy Perry More Andy Perry Quotes 0
This is all about control, the beating and the humiliation. That's how you control people. Christopher Darden More Christopher Darden Quotes 0
I think the fear of public embarrassment and humiliation upon being caught is going to be greater than any player ever imagined. Curt Schilling More Curt Schilling Quotes 0
A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. Eleanor Robson Belmont American Writer More Eleanor Robson Belmont Quotes 0
The fog of war is thick, but these acts of abuse and humiliation contradict international norms, military regulations and the very values that our military fights to defend. Jane Harman More Jane Harman Quotes 0
Humiliation is critically important in determining what leads men to violent crime. Jessica Stern More Jessica Stern Quotes 0
A six-week regime of sleep deprivation, forced exercises, stress positions, white noise, and sexual humiliation amounts to acts that were specifically intended to cause severe physical pain and suffering and severe mental pain and suffering. That's the legal definition of torture. Joanne Mariner More Joanne Mariner Quotes 0