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title: "6 Torturing People Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Silence can be the world's strongest weapon in torturing people's emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/silence-can-be-the-world-s-strongest-weapon-in-torturing-people-s/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [“What Hurts the People There are five things that hurt the people: There are local officials who use public office for personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/what-hurts-the-people-there-are-five-things-that-hurt-the-people/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [It is a surprisingly close progression from hunting animals to hunting and torturing people.. catching and lynching blacks or smoking out Jews…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aviva-cantor/it-is-a-surprisingly-close-progression-from-hunting-animals-to/)

[Aviva Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aviva-cantor/)

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> [There's no point going to a country which is torturing people to ask them to stop if they can point out that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/there-s-no-point-going-to-a-country-which-is-torturing-people-to-ask/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [The occupation is really terrible on a variety of levels. It's terrible on the "shooting people and torturing people in prison" level.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-crabapple/the-occupation-is-really-terrible-on-a-variety-of-levels-it-s/)

[Molly Crabapple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-crabapple/)

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> [“I’d rather have a career that utilizes my creativity, but torturing people all day long is not a bad gig. At least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-d-rather-have-a-career-that-utilizes-my-creativity-but-torturing/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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