Defenceless Quotes
11 quotes by 11 authors
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Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can…
— William Ralph Inge
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To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for…
— Jon Evans
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When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.
— Sigmund Freud
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What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
— Douglas William Jerrold
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply…
— Nelson Mandela
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If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the…
— Peter Singer
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The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against…
— Arnold J. Toynbee
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He nodded nervously. ‘He looks like a magician. I hate magicians. They usually have rabbits.’ I stared at him. ‘You’re scared of bunnies?’ ‘Blah-hah-hah! They’re…
— Rick Riordan
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The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth the trouble; it…
— Noam Chomsky
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the…
— Ban Ki-moon
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By confirming the importance of politics and politicians in Britain, we can build from the bottom up and begin to reverse the worrying anti-politics trend,…
— David Blunkett
Who Wrote These Defenceless Quotes
11 authors contributed a total of 11 Defenceless Quotes as follows: