Authoritarianism Quote by Robin Morgan Download Open image “Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.” — Robin Morgan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authoritarianism Casualties Clarity Firsts Language
I've studied authoritarianism for a very long time - for 40 years - and they're started by people's attempts to control the ideological and… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning but merely… — Norman Cantor Copy Share Image
“A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a language, the… — James C. Scott Copy Share Image
Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“The more clearly we are able to express ourselves, the less room there is for ambiguity. The more elaborate and the more precise our vocabulary, the greater the scope for thought and expression. Language is about subtlety and nuance. It is power and it is potent. We can woo with words and we can wound. Despots fear the words of… — John Humphrys Copy Share
“The point in all this is that language is a handy whipping boy to summon and belabor when we have failed in some serious… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Authoritarianism doesn't fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in like a… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
The Confucian concept and Chinese ideograms for 'woman' and for 'slave' are the same. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully - wild - generous, drastic in an unrationed profligacy of self... — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
A genuine Left doesn't consider anyone's suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
... a phallocentric culture is more likely to begin its censorship purges with books on pelvic self-examination for women or bookscontaining lyrical paeans to… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“The mission is, not to replace old world mindlessness with new world mindlessness, but to put an end to all forms of brainless authoritarianism.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Motherland is our property and we have right to handle our properties as pleased. The jokes about death for the sake of the motherland… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Your best friends are your principles, if you havent them, dont look for another friend. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A strong saying is not afraid of criticism, because it includes all the answers to criticism. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
“Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We have power... Our power isn’t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system;… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
