Silenced Quotes

108 quotes by 100 authors

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now,… — Sandra Cisneros
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and… — Alan Barth
Liberation means you don't have to be silenced. — Toni Morrison
Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our… — Lance Secretan
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences and arguments on… — Orson Pratt
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing. — George Orwell
My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that, it silenced the demons inside me. When you're jeered at, told to shut up, sit still,… — Susan Boyle
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering. — Hanan Ashrawi
One in three Canadian teens are bullied. That's nearly two million young Canadians who are teased and excluded. Nearly two million who are silenced in… — Shawn Desman
These Australians hear the whispering in their heart and know it can only be silenced by coming to terms with the original owners of this… — Patrick Dodson
We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly… — Albert Schweitzer
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you, can offer the… — Pope Francis
What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned... The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms… — Rumi
Oppression does not make for hearts as big as all outdoors. Oppression makes us big and small. Expressive and silenced. Deep and dead. — Cherrie Moraga
The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I became… — Whitley Strieber
Adult women, all of us, have to come to grips with how we have been affected by gender norms, and how we have been silenced.… — Jane Fonda
A silenced Haiti has once again found its literary voice. — Paule Marshall
Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American… — Nick Rahall
I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. Youve been thrown into exile to die,… — Ariel Dorfman
Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ. — Timothy Radcliffe

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100 authors contributed a total of 108 Silenced Quotes, led by these top contributors: