Subjection Quotes

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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
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
Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes. — W. Clement Stone
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the… — Henry A. Wallace
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills… — Charlotte Bronte
Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her… — Thomas Hardy
But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention, has been substituted… — Michel Foucault
In a world in which there is so much to interest, so much to enjoy, and so much also to correct and improve, everyone who… — John Stuart Mill
Bound to seek recognition of its own existence in categories, terms, and names that are not of its own making, the subject seeks the sign… — Judith Butler
A real subjection is born mechanically from a fictitious relation [...] He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes… — Michel Foucault
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power. Like… — Alexandre Dumas
In order to be a part of the totalitarian mind-set, it is not necessary to wear a uniform or carry a club or a whip.… — Christopher Hitchens
He who does not realize to what extent shifting fortune and necessity hold in subjection every human spirit, cannot regard as fellow-creatures nor love as… — Simone Weil
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no heaven and there is no hell. They are not geographical, they are part of your psychology. They are psychological. To live the… — Rajneesh
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in… — Benjamin Franklin
TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is regarded with disesteem, but toping nations are in… — Ambrose Bierce
Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a condition of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The counterfeit of the spirit is stationed without the soul, watching over it and dogging it, and the rulers bind it to the soul with… — Ritu Ghatourey
Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.... I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden… — Agnes Smedley

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