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“An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.”

Mind Reality Values Position Higher Gains Victim Deceiving

Author:John Galt

“The attacking piece displaces its victim. The vanquished piece leaves the plane of the board entirely. But it does not, in a higher sense, cease to exist.”

Doe Pieces Higher Victim Cease Planes Boards Attacking

Book:The Perseids and Other Stories

Source: The Perseids and Other Stories

“Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.”

Doe Done Violence Higher Civilization Horror Victim Accepted Invisible Defined Shock Hierarchy Unthinkable Unnoticed

Author:Derrick Jensen

“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.”

Want Believe Happens Jobs Law Cases Higher Behavior Standards Regard Victim Blame Expected Officials Law Enforcement Enforcement Higher Standards

Author:Sharon Cooper

“Experience teaches that for most people there is a limit beyond which their constitution cannot comply with the demands of civilization. All who wish to reach a higher standard than their constitution will allow, fall victims to neurosis. It would have been better for them if they could have remained less "perfect".”

People Ifs Has Beens Fall Wish Perfect Teach Higher Civilization Demand Limits Standards Constitution Victim Neurosis Higher Standards

Book:Sexuality and The Psychology of Love

Source: Sexuality and The Psychology of Love

“Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison that can afflict the mind. It freezes up the fount of inspiration and chills the higher faculties of the soul.”

Mind Soul Inspiration Justice Race Higher Hatred Victim Social Justice Poison Faculty Unfortunate Chill Viruses Freeze

Book:Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America

Source: Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America

“Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who is expected to surrender, serve, and be satisfied.”

Sex Higher Prove Victim Expected Surrender Satisfied Mastery Intercourse Assertion Prove It Castes

Book:Sexual Politics

Source: Sexual Politics

“I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them and no means of representing themselves to a higher authority. Animals are in precisely that position. Unless we are mindful of their interests and speak out loudly on their behalf, abuse and cruelty go unchallenged.”

Mean Speak Interest Animal Position Higher Authority Abuse Victim Injustice Cruelty Vulnerable Powerless Behalf Representing Speaks Out Overlooked

Author:Desmond Tutu