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“Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.”

Has Beens Feelings Laughing Seeing Victim Silent Bullying Bully Joining Disgusted Joining In Keeping Silent

Author:Octavia Butler

“Of course it's also a lot easier to slap a health claim on a box of sugary cereal than on a potato or carrot, with the perverse result that the most healthful foods in the supermarket sit there quietly in the produce section, silent as stroke victims, while a few aisles over, the Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms are screaming about their newfound whole-grain goodness.”

“we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore.”

Needs Looks Eye Turns Victim Silent Target Harassment

Author:Anita Hill

“Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without denying 'repression,' is a testimony to unspoken female power and the continuing protest in Islamic culture.”

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences

“Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.”

Strong Victim Silent Being Strong

Author:Jane Powell

“Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.”

Suffering Victim Silent Our Society Bullying Bullied Cyber Cyber Bullying

Author:Anna Maria Chavez

“Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.”

Children Humor Drug Quiet Abuse Victim Silent Alcohol Alcoholics Drug Abuse Alcohol Abuse Drug Prohibition

Author:Rick Larsen

“There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.”

Real Moments Shows Pleasure Perception Regard Victim Silent Bullying Bully

Author:Thornton Wilder

“We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.”

Men Way Needs Ideas Values Strong Victim Silent Attractive Being Strong Silent Man

Author:Jane Powell

“Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.”

Should Firsts Class Capitalism Victim Silent Immigration Criticize Shut Up Working Class Approving Remaining Silent

Author:Alain de Benoist

“I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.”

Thinking Writing Book Wanted Agree Victim Silent Perpetrators

Author:Darrell Hammond

“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

“There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue - those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS - but they remain strangely silent.”

Views Issues Gun Victim Silent Point Of View Gun Control Control Issues

Author:Bill Hicks

“Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible, the fear of failure. Never forget your personal legend. Your silent heart will guide you. Be silent now. It is the possibility of a dream that makes life interesting. You can choose between being a victim of destiny or an adventurer who is fighting for something important.”

“Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

“Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

Silence Victim Silent Telling The Truth Holocaust Remembrance Humiliation Neutrality Bystanders Breaking Silence Darfur Human Cruelty Net Neutrality Sounds Of Silence Holocaust Memorial Tormented Souls

Author:Elie Wiesel