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Subjection Quotes by Simone Weil
- Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;…
- 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…
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- Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by… — William Shakespeare
- We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture… — Ambrose Bierce
- It is natural anywhere that people like their own kind, but it is not necessarily natural that their fondness for their own… — Pearl S. Buck
- A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic… — Vladimir Lenin
- Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been… — John Calvin
- The second duty of the wife is constant obedience and subjection. — John Dod
- The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at… — Friedrich Nietzsche