In the name of religion, one tortures, persecutes, builds pyres. In the guise of ideologies, one massacres, tortures and kills. In the… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
Attorney General John Ashcroft has earned himself a remarkable distinction as the Torquemada of American law. Tomás de Torquemada...was largely responsible for...[the]… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Why did I not die? More miserable than man ever was before, why did I not sink into forgetfulness and rest? Death… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have laws to deal with people who defame other people's religion. We have laws to deal with people who try to… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
To large numbers of American citizens life in certain parts of the country becomes intolerably hazardous. They may be seized on any… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Zero Dark Thirty,' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, an issue that is central to the film… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
“This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour critical water upon the simmering coals. Time enough to think and cut and rewrite… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Here's a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way at some point. You will lose your way, you… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make… — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
With directing, your day is done. When you hit seven o'clock, it's "Cut." That's what it is. For better or worse, that's… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
“Missing someone is the worst form of torture because it never goes away no matter where you are or what you do… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed,… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunatic…The promise of a diet is… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Once I no longer exist as I am, out of what consideration then should I forgo anything? Should I belong to a… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself, and when I asked him why he… — Joanne Greenberg Copy Share Image
The concept that really gets the goat of the gay-hater, the idea that really spins their melon and sickens their stomachs is… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates scapegoats in Muslims and Mexican immigrants. He calls for the use of torture. He calls for killing the innocent… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Once we remember that all that takes place during the first days of life on the emotional level shapes the patterns of… — Frederick Leboyer Copy Share Image
What has here happened is that the instinct of cruelty, which has turned inwards, has become self-torture, and all man's animal instincts… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
In the United States, rising esteem for the military in uniform corresponds to the growing militarization of the society as a whole.… — Michael Hardt Copy Share Image
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“Sensory deprivation has a devastating psychological impact and can lead to the complete dissolution of the personality accompanied by hallucinations, delusional thinking… — Brian Moss Copy Share Image
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whence arose all the horrid assassinations of whole nations of men, women, and infants, with which the Bible is filled; and the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“There is a particular circle of hell not mentioned in Dante's famous book. It is called comportment, and it exists in schools… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The issue of torture, connected to American soldiers, is not somewhere most people want to linger. We may not want to confront… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
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