Victim Quotes

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  Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Beautiful, Being Yourself

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The world is going to change, whether we like it or not. We can participate in that change or we can be the victims of that change. In a way. Either we go in our stupidity ignorance, and arrogance, bring more destruction in a way, or we're forced to change.

  Hamid Drake

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Arrogance

  Source: the-attic.net

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• The United States is not nearly so concerned that its acts be kept secret from its intended victims as it is that the American people not know of them.

  Ramsey Clark

  People, Secret, United States

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• Don't forget - you're dealing with aberrated people. They're not responsible for their answers. They're victims of culture. That means they have been influenced by their culture.

  Jacque Fresco

  Mean, People, Culture

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• Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations. They don't have oil. If they were the Saudis, they wouldn't be in the position they are now. But they have the power of being able to upset the imperial order in the Middle East.

  John Pilger

  Military, Israel, Order

  Source: progressive.org

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• The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now the Southwest and Far West. That's why cities have Spanish names: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, etc. All of this is suppressed in standard American history. But the victims remember. The conquerors typically have one history, the victims a different one - and often a more accurate one.

  Noam Chomsky

  Texas, Cities, Names

  Source: thefifthcolumnnews.com

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• There are many other [then ISIS] terrorist organizations. And their primary victims are Muslims. I think that's very important.

  Dalia Mogahed

  Thinking, Isis, Organization

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• In my darkest hours I had a choice to make. I could be a victim or a victor.

  Wynonna Judd

  Choices, Hours, Darkest Hour

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• Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

  John Gardner

  Reality, Self, Giving

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• We can only make ourselves the victim.

  Gillian Anderson

  Interview to Rolling Stone, www.gilliananderson.ws. May, 1996.

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• I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiring, Views

  "Eleven Minutes". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2003.

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• When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Success, Speaks Out, Complaining

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• Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

  Carlos Santana

  People, Excuse, Habit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

  Richard Bach

  Responsibility, Faults, Ifs

  "Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit". Book by Richard Bach, 1994.

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• Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

  Tim Field

  Meaningful, Being Yourself, Bullying

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• Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Holocaust, Remembrance

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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• There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.

  Thomas Sowell

  Liberty, Talent, Parasites

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• Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

  Ayn Rand

  Evil, Historical, Literature

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• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

  John F. Kennedy

  Change, Destiny, History

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• The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Solitude, Suggestions

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.415, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.

  Stedman Graham

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you?

  Barbara Marciniak

  Believe, Criminal Mind, Conquer

  Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.161, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• I am really the victim of other people's imagination.

  John Hurt

  People, Imagination

  Source: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

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