Collectives Quote by Saul Bellow

This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Our assignment of worth to others, our unconditional love of even those who would seem most unworthy of it, becomes our response to those…

— John Cullinan

“But even though catastrophic oppression brought about a process of objectification and dehumanization, the absolute negation of humanity was not possible because a damaged…

— Clovis E. Semmes

The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression and obedience.

— William O. Douglas

“Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate…

— Sándor Márai

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity.

— Henry Giroux

“Those in power always speak of humanism,” says Robin Morgan, “and accuse those who have been made powerless and categorized as ‘other’ of divisiveness.”

— Loraine Hutchins

“Oppression is domesticating. The gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge…

— Paulo Freire

“various identity struggles... have also had a shadow side in the sense that they have encouraged us to think of ourselves more as determined…

— Grace Lee Boggs

“The notion that obedience dehumanizes those who render it is a popular cry of the philosophers of radical individualism, such as Thoreau, who are…

— Elizabeth Samet

“Soul Abuse is the destruction of a victim's awareness of the strength within their soul. It stems from the abuser's intention to corrupt another's…

— Lorraine Nilon