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“If we're all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we can come up with, then we're not likely to be in a real position to do much about it when it comes to attacking the root cause of the problem. Instead of demanding a more equitable system for the distribution of social and economic goods, we blame the victim. This is insidious, because ideology is something we carry around with us in our heads; it forms the basis of our day-to-day understanding of the world.”

Source: Making a Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights

“Obviously, our most pressing need is subsistence for the most vulnerable victims of Katrina, but we should not overlook the fact that the victims of Katrina also include middle-class Americans who have saved and invested, but now face an economic crisis, .. They should be able to tap into their savings and meet this crisis without facing an unfair penalty.”

Needs Should Facts Able Faces Class Economic Middle Crisis Victim Saved Vulnerable Saving Middle Class Unfair Penalties Savings Katrina Economic Crisis Subsistence

Author:Artur Davis

“I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to capitalism that I have failed to see its relative merits. It started out with a noble and high motive, to block the trade monopolies of nobles, but like most human systems it falls victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today capitalism has outlived its usefulness. It has brought about a system that takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.”

Knows Giving Humans Today Fall Class Imagine Economic Theory Mass Capitalism Victim Trade Noble Block Luxury Merit Motive Relative Monopoly Usefulness Economic Theory

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“War is a culture, bellicosity is addictive, defeat for a community that imagines itself to be history's eternal victim can be as intoxicating as victory. How long will it take for the Serbs to realize that the Milosevic years have been an unmitigated disaster for Serbia, the net result of Milosevic's policies being the economic and cultural ruin of the entire region, including Serbia, for several generations? Alas, one thing we can be sure of, that will not happen soon.”

Years Long Has Beens War Happens Culture Realizing Community Results Imagine Generations One Thing Economic Policy Victory Eternal Victim Including Defeat Disaster Ruins Regions Alas Serbia

Author:Susan Sontag

“Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.”

Fall Social Economic Military Direct Victim Unions Defeat Empires Soviet Soviet Union Strain Fragmented Disintegration

Book:The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives

Source: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives

“If you have an economic system in which there must be a lower class, there must be unemployed. There must be a large pool of people working at the worst jobs and the lowest paid jobs. Once you have a system like that, then the most likely people to be victims of that are people of color.”

People Ifs Jobs Class Economic Worst Color Paid Victim Pool Lowest Unemployed Economic Systems Lower Class

Author:Howard Zinn

“I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.”

Social Results Race Class Economic Economics Prejudice Victim Gender Upbringing

Author:James Hillman

“History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.”

Views Psychology Economic Economics Victim Als Sociology Joyce Everyman

Author:Robert Anton Wilson

“Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the nature of the offense and the incorrigibility of the offender and more on inappropriate and indefensible considerations: the political and personal inclinations of prosecutors; the defendant's wealth, race and intellect; the race and economic status of the victim; the quality of the defendant's counsel; and the resources allocated to defense lawyers.”

“The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt, and fear of their masters.”

Political Culture Social Justice Dark Economic Subjects Masters Diversity Victim Social Justice Guilt Greed Educational Cruelty Ghetto Colony Insensitivity

Book:Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power

Source: Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power

“I will also continue to fight to provide better economic security for victims of domestic violence.”

Fighting Violence Economic Security Victim Domestic Violence Economic Security

Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard

“A recent government survey found that 47 percent of all women report being the victims of either physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence. But 84 percent of those who are victims of domestic violence remain silent.”

Government Found Violence Economic Emotional Percent Victim Silent Reports Domestic Violence Surveys

Author:Patricia Espinosa

“The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the victims of wars and natural disasters.”

War Nations Social Goal Natural Progress Share Economic Victim Committed Humanitarian Disaster Assistance Natural Disaster Scientific Progress Unesco Victims Of War

Author:Bill Bradley

“We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined.”

People Remember Trouble Economic Policy Development Victim Blame South Dues Aggressive Regimes South Africa Hostile Neighbour Apartheid Economic Development

Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations