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“Confidence, once lost or betrayed, can never be restored again to the same measure; and we learn too late in life that our acts of deception are irrevocable - they may be forgiven, but they cannot be forgotten by their victims.”

May Lost Late Victim Forgotten Deception Too Late Forgiven Betrayed Irrevocable

Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.”

Source: Silent Spring

“For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.”

Persons Long Has Beens Justice Crime Victim Forgotten Criminals Death Penalty Justice System Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981

“According to Buddhism, each person is a Buddha who has forgotten their original nature. If we in the pampered West, having grown up with so many advantages, could not claim our own health and our agency, preferring to see ourselves as helpless victims, then who would do it? Who would take responsibility for the world?”

Ifs World Persons Responsibility Buddhism Advantage Claims Originals Victim West Forgotten Agency Helpless Taking Responsibility Pampered

Book:2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

Source: 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

“Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.”

Sometimes Compassion Concern Victim Forgotten Murderer Oppressors

Author:Max Anders

“In India the government is very chaotic and poorly run. They are forced into action by public pressure. When it's a larger event, there's a lot more pressure - to do something, to investigate, to give some kind of compensation to the victims. With the smaller attacks, the pain is concentrated on those affected, because they've not just been forgotten by everyone else, which is normal, they've also been forgotten by the government, which lets the cases drag on for years in the courts.”

Giving Kind Running Action Pain Victim Forgotten Compensation Chaotic

Author:Karan Mahajan

“Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor - never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.”

Feels Ends Pain Enemy Benefits Victim Response Forgotten Indifference Aggressors No Response

Author:Elie Wiesel

“What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.”

People Trying Action Faces Differences Forget Numbers Poverty Happened Victim Forgotten Enormous Contribution Making A Difference Katrina

Author:Elizabeth Edwards

“Twenty miles on, we have spotted a roadside sign: 'CHAINSAW CARVED MUSHROOMS'. Troubles promptly forgotten, Stuart falls to gawping at the road ahead. What could it all be about? 'As one victim to another,' his body language seems to marvel, 'What's a mushroom done to deserve that kind of abuse?' Not even in the worst days of street-fighting did he ever experience ill-treatment on this scale.”

Source: Stuart: A Life Backwards