"Pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda."

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Source : Susan Brownmiller (2013). “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape”, p.577, Open Road Media

Susan Brownmiller

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“We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world.”
“I'm interested in ways of writing about the social world that don't assassinate the life that's in it”
“What helped me a lot was that I chose an American lead protagonist, because that liberated a lot from my own knowledge. If I had approached it from the perspective of an Indian main character, I think I would have assumed a lot of knowledge and I would have resented the presence of the author.”
“Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of doing business there. In some European countries, businesses were even allowed to deduct bribes as an expense.”

Source : "Invisible Hand, Greased Palm" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. May 14, 2012.
“A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.”
“Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something youâ€™ve always known.”
“Since Christ is the Word of God and the Truth of God, he may be received even by those who have not heard of his manifestation in the flesh... We have, therefore. the hope that even among the heathen there may be some, like Socrates, who, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit working through the truth of nature and conscience, have found the way of life and salvation.”

Source : Augustus Hopkins Strong (1907). “Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace Book Designed for the Use of Theological Students”
“I cannot find any great difference, on the basis of natural reason and equity only, between feeding on human flesh and feeding on animal flesh, except custom and practice.”

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