"Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation……" — Ariel Dorfman
"Torture presupposes, it requires, it craves the abrogation of our capacity to imagine others suffering, dehumanizing them so much that their pain is not our pain. It demands this of the torturer, placing the victim outside and beyond any form of compassion or empathy, but also demands of everyone else the same distancing, the same numbness."
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Ariel Dorfman
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18 Quotes by Ariel Dorfman
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This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.
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We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.
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