Quotes with repression

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  • Nelson Mandela Any language can be the vehicle of racist insults and repression, but it can also be the carrier of the message of hope and liberation.
    The Star, 19 september 1991
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Angela Davis As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Michel Foucault If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.
    Michel Foucault
    French essayist and philosopher (1926 - 1984)
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  • Alice Miller It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Brian Friel People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I may make the suggestion with due qualification, they often have a hell of a lot more fun than we have.
    Brian Friel
    Irish playwright (1929 - 2015)
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  • William Allen White Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
    William Allen White
    American editor, writer (1868 - 1944)
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  • Camille Paglia Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Daniel Webster Repression is the seed of revolution.
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Olive Schreiner Some people dare not feel fully, all life must be a long self-repression.
    Olive Schreiner
    South African author and anti-war campaigner (1855 - 1920)
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  • Abbie Hoffman When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • C. Wright Mills When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practice that prompt repression of resentment and aggression.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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