"We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors."

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

#Survivor Quotes #Victim Quotes

“It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.”
“This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.”
“The female struggle implies the black struggle, it implies the struggle with anti-Semitism, it implies all of the other struggles. That is the only possible way to think about human liberation.”
“From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free or protect your buddy, one of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.”

Source : "The unapologetic warrior". Interview with Tony Perry, www.latimes.com. August 22, 2004.
“This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem good? Do you want to be good to yourself and others? Do you care about other people, always, sometimes, never? Or only when convenient? What kind of person do you want to be?”

Source : Charles Yu (2012). “Sorry Please Thank You: Stories”, p.48, Vintage
“Each one prays to God according to his own light.”
“From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.”
“I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.”

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