Silencing Quotes

35 quotes by 28 authors

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. — Albert Camus
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
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul… — John Climacus
All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. — John Stuart Mill
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front… — Olympia Dukakis
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down… — Harry S. Truman
Either by silencing the mind or by opening the heart, today's man can become tomorrow's God, tomorrow's Divinity. And embodied Divinity soon becomes revealed Immortality. — Sri Chinmoy
Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else's point of view (his truth). Rarely is there… — Sheryl Sandberg
The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West… — Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Any society that is silencing its women has no future. — Hafsat Abiola
'In his celebrated book, 'On Liberty', the English philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that silencing an opinion is "a peculiar evil." If the opinion is… — Carl Sagan
To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history;… — Barack Obama
I describe what is happening as 'food fascism' because this system can only survive through totalitarian control. With patents on seed, an illegitimate legal system… — Vandana Shiva
Governments, political parties, pressure groups, and the bureaucrats of the educational hierarchy think they can avoid the inevitable consequences of unsuitable measures by boycotting and… — Ludwig von Mises
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing… — John Stuart Mill
If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and… — Neil Gaiman
GamerGate is about harassing, threatening and silencing women. Started that way, has been that way all along. Dont pretend otherwise. — John Scalzi
By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace. — Henepola Gunaratana
The silencing of the rainforests is a double deforestation, not only of trees but a deforestation of the mind's music, medicine and knowledge. — Jay Griffiths
The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of… — Max Lerner

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