"If an adult uses violence on a child,……" — Dora Russell
"If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker."
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17 Quotes by Dora Russell
Dora Russell has 17 quotes on this site.
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We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.
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Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.
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Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence.…
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We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only…
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Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.
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We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class…
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Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.
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We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed…
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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up…
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We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.
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Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation…
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Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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