“The powerful have received their share of the world's attention even when their power has been shown as sheer evil. The victim's remain the faceless masses. Numbers. Mass graves. These monsters have fertilized our century with the mass graves of their victims and it is time that the powerless had names and faces -- and voices.” WorldHas BeensFacesEvilNamesVoicePowerfulNumbersAttentionShareCenturyMassVictimMonstersGravesSheerPowerlessFaceless Book:Carrion Comfort Source: Carrion Comfort
“The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.” StatesHelpingLibertyStepsSurvivalLaborVictimCompetitionNotionInevitableCapitalistMistakenPowerlessHostileDespotismSurvival Of The FittestUnsafeFleece Book:The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood Source: The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood
“You said you were a victim. That's why...that's why ultimately, you and I aren't matched for each other. In spite of everything that's happened, I've never though of myself that way. Being a victim means you're powerless. That you won't take action. Always...always I've done something to fight for myself...for others. No matter what.” WayMeanSaidMatterDoneActionFightingHappenedNo Matter WhatVictimSpitePowerlessMatchedRose Hathaway Author:Richelle Mead
“It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick and powerless. It is difficult to suffer the selfishness of a drug addict who will lie to you and steal from you and forgive them and offer them help. Can there be any other disease that renders its victims so unappealing?” PeopleIfsFeelsLittlesHelpingLyingSufferingCausesDifficultStreetsDrugOffersBedDiseaseSickRegardVictimForgivingAddictionCriminalsStealingDrunkSelfishnessAttractivePowerlessAddictDrug AddictionDrug AddictObnoxious Author:Russell Brand
“Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's death... In fact, this act is aimed at preserving one's life or one's goods and to make the aggressor powerless. Thus, it is a good act, which is the right of the victim.” SometimesFactsDoubtIntegrityGunVictimGoodsGun ControlUnjustPowerlessAggressors Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Raise your hand if you’ve spent nights crying yourself to sleep, raise your hand if you’ve felt as if you’d rather hide in bed all day than face the people that make you feel small or powerless! Raise your hand if you’ve felt as if you’d rather lie to people than tell them the truth about who you really are, because at least you wouldn’t be the victim of hateful behavior or prejudice! And raise your hand if lying feels almost as bad.” PeopleIfsFeelsHandsFacesLyingNightFeltSleepCryBedBehaviorPrejudiceRaisesVictimPowerlessHateful Author:Dianna Agron
“A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.” IfsForceVictimJewPowerlessEtiquetteHypocriticalVictimhood Author:Joseph Sobran
“To simplify things down to their real essence, whenever things go wrong in our lives, whenever our plans go awry and the things we took for granted suddenly disappear, we have a very simple choice. We can either succumb to despair and assume the attitude of the put upon victim, powerless to change our fate, or we can decide to turn the tragedy into an opportunity.” RealTurnsChoicesOpportunitySimpleAttitudeOur LivesFatePlansDespairEssenceTragedyVictimAssumingSimplicityDisappearGrantedPowerlessSimplifyTook For Granted Author:Tony Clark
“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.” MeanSpeakInterestAnimalPositionHigherAuthorityAbuseVictimInjusticeCrueltyVulnerablePowerlessBehalfRepresentingSpeaks OutOverlooked Author:Desmond Tutu
“For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in theirown despair. . . .” ForceMemoriesWorstTerribleDespairVictimMentorPowerlessDementors Author:J. K. Rowling