Victim Quotes

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

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Beautiful, Being Yourself

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

  John Gardner

  Reality, Self, Giving

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• If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

  Richard Bach

  Responsibility, Faults, Ifs

  "Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit". Book by Richard Bach, 1994.

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• Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

  Carlos Santana

  People, Excuse, Habit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiring, Views

  "Eleven Minutes". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2003.

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• Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Holocaust, Remembrance

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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• There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.

  Thomas Sowell

  Liberty, Talent, Parasites

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• I am really the victim of other people's imagination.

  John Hurt

  People, Imagination

  Source: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

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• When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Success, Speaks Out, Complaining

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• The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Solitude, Suggestions

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.415, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

  Tim Field

  Meaningful, Being Yourself, Bullying

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• Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

  Ayn Rand

  Evil, Historical, Literature

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• Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

  David Emerald Womeldorff

  Fearless, Former

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• Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

  John F. Kennedy

  Change, Destiny, History

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• The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

  Anne Frank

  Happiness, God, Lonely

  Anne Frank (1954). “The Diary of Anne Frank”, Pan

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• Persecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims-someone to protect or fix-to bolster their self-esteem.

  David Emerald Womeldorff

  Fear, Self Esteem, Loss

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• No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you?

  Barbara Marciniak

  Believe, Criminal Mind, Conquer

  Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.161, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Women

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Nov 29, 2014

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• Expert victimologists estimate that 91.2 percent of people in North America and Europe now qualify as victims, at least in their own minds.

  John Leo

  America, Europe, People

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• In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

  Harry Belafonte

  Children, Gun, Blood

  Harry Belafonte’s Speech Accepting NAACP Spingarn Medal, www.democracynow.org. February 18, 2013.

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• There is a stage in any misery when the victim begins to find a deep satisfaction in it.

  Storm Jameson

  Satisfaction, Misery, Unhappiness

  Storm Jameson (1932). “That was yesterday”

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• 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.

  Elie Wiesel

  Peace, Bystanders, History

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken

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• Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

  Maya Angelou

  Whining, Dangerous, Neighborhood

  Maya Angelou (1993). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, Random House Canada

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