Casual dehumanization of people was commonplace at the…

In the West or anywhere else, the treatment of people in an undignified way (structural and institutionalized racism against Latinos or African American citizens)…

— Tariq Ramadan

“In the face of such terror and dehumanization, human passion itself was an act of defiance.”

— Guillermo del Toro

Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder.

— Peter Watts

“Our assignment of worth to others, our unconditional love of even those who would seem most unworthy of it, becomes our response to those…

— John Cullinan

This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person. There is no…

— Jake Wood

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

— Kathleen Hanna

“But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost: dignity. This…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Soldier on guard says they've identified “someone on two legs a hundred metres from the outpost”. The other soldier, in the lookout, says “A…

— Selma Dabbagh

“It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive toll is already greater than that of any war,…

— Ashley Montagu

“One of the reasons a survivor finds it so difficult to see herself as a victim is that she has been blamed repeatedly for…

— Diane Langberg

“During those times, they'd stand there watching me watching them. I'd pray, please. Put a pillow to my face. Clench a hand around my…

— Julie Anne Peters

I'm really interested in violence. And I think there's an inevitably cinematic property that violence brings to the moviegoing experience. But one still has…

— Karyn Kusama

“Nothing disrupts dehumanization more quickly than inviting someone over, looking into their eyes, hearing their voice, and listening.”

— Sarah Schulman

[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets…

— John Stott