Degradation Quotes

188 Degradation quotes by 165 unique authors

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? — Patrick Henry
The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child… — Victor Hugo
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. — Alice James
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood,… — Wangari Maathai
We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease. — Simon Mainwaring
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have… — Jon Meacham
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will… — William Morris
Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. — Lewis Mumford
We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. — Simone Weil
Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation.… — Muhammad Yunus
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world… — Emma Goldman
Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation to man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of… — E F Schumacher
White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of black bodies in order to control them. One of the best ways to… — Cornel West
Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Wait, we can not break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced… — Paul Rudnick
If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as… — Daniel Webster
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or… — Thomas Jefferson
God,' she cried, 'what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human head, so rented by misery that even the teeth weigh! She couldn't… — Djuna Barnes
For both of us, I think, it had to do with our weakened power to love. It is strange that enslavement should have that effect… — Martin Amis
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference… — Patrick Henry
I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling,… — Charlotte Bronte
The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way… — George Eliot
This pleasure comes precisely from the sharpest awareness of your own degradation; from the knowledge that you have gone to the utmost limit; that it… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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