“It has always seemed to me that the social order was implicit in the very nature of things, and required nothing more from the human spirit than care in arranging the various elements; that a people could be governed without being made thralls or libertines or victims thereby; that man was born for peace and liberty, and became miserable and cruel only through the action of insidious and oppressive laws. And I believe therefore that if man be given laws which harmonize with the dictates of nature and of his heart he will cease to be unhappy and corrupt.” PeopleIfsMenBelieveHumansHeartMadeCareActionLawSpiritOrderGivenI BelieveSocialBornLibertyElementsVictimVariousCeaseUnhappyMiserableHuman SpiritImplicitSocial OrderInsidiousArrangingLibertine Author:Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
“Given that a few days ago we had a terrible accident, a tragic terrorist attack in Barajas, in Madrid, I would like to propose to you that we show our complete condemnation, our most intense revulsion, and that we show profound solidarity with the victims.” ShowsGivenTerribleVictimProfoundAccidentsTerroristIntenseTragicSolidarityProposeCondemnationTerrorist AttacksMadridRevulsion Author:Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
“If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.” IfsSaidIdeasCultureGivenWorkSituationCreativityInnovationVictimRepresentativesPeer Pressure Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of 'victim thinking.' Instead, how I am doing is determined by how I respond to what happens to me.” ThinkingKindMomentsHappensTodayPastGivenHappenedVictimDeterminedPerpetual Author:Jenni Schaefer
“I have been informed about the death of Slobodan Milosevic. It is unfortunate and in many aspects unsatisfactory, given the countless victims of the Balkan wars, that justice now will not be able to run its course.” Has BeensWarRunningAbleCoursesGivenJusticeAspectVictimUnfortunateBalkans Author:Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
“If that's true and the rate stays like that for another 40 years, there's a good probability that somebody who is active in the credit economy for that period of time might be a victim. But that's not a given.” IfsYearsMightGivenEconomyPeriodsVictimRateCreditActiveProbability Author:Keith Anderson
“The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.” PeopleHelpingGovernmentLastsGivenColorVictimPrimariesMainstreamKatrina Author:Jonathan Kozol
“Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims on the regular doesn't mean we have to, too. French commentators are already calling for DSK to jump back into the country's presidential race and ride a wave of sympathy into office. Really, the stakes are greater than even that political prize. If we accept the narrative that only perfect women are raped, we risk sacrificing justice not only for this woman, but for victims of sexual assault everywhere. After all, nobody's perfect.” IfsMayMeanCountryRealityPoliticalGivenJusticePerfectRaceAcceptingCasesGreaterFailingRiskSacrificeCallingOfficeVictimWaveCriminalsNarrativePresidentialPrizeStakesAssaultCommentatorsJustice SystemSexual AssaultCriminal JusticeProsecutionCriminal Justice SystemNobody's PerfectSalvagePerfect Woman Author:Jaclyn Friedman
“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of their painful pasts. We give the monsters the last word.” PeopleIfsGivingShouldHeartLastsPastEvilGivenHurtMemoriesForeverAliveTerribleForgivenessVictimForgivingPainfulMonstersLast WordsLive ForeverPainful Past Author:Lewis B. Smedes
“The Lord has given us a table at which to feast, not an altar on which a victim is to be offered; He has not consecrated priests to make sacrifice, but servants to distribute the sacred feast.” GivenLordSacrificeVictimTablesSacredServantPriestsThankfulnessAltars Author:John Calvin
“A heavy warning used to be given that pictures are not rigorous; this has never had its bluff called and has permanently frightened its victims into playing for safety.” UsedGivenMathematicsSafetyVictimHeavyUsed To BeMathematicalFrightenedWarningBluffs Book:Littlewood's Miscellany Source: Littlewood's Miscellany