"I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient."

Power, Blame, Guilt

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"I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself ."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

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"When thou goest to woman take thy whip."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

Alan Moore, British Writer

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"One who has great wisdom has great power."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"They couldn't hurt Gansey. Nothing could hurt him; people who said money couldn't buy everything hadn't seen anyone as rich as the Aglionby boys. They were untouchable, immune to life's troubles. Only death couldn't be swiped away by a credit card."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"You can contol nothing but your own thoughts, but with your thoughts you can control the whole world."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Your mind can help you do the unimaginable. Your hands can help you get the unattainable. Your heart can help you accomplish the unachievable. Your soul can help you create the inconceivable. Your God can help you achieve the unthinkable."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion."

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"To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished."

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"Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive."

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"The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!"

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"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."

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"What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself."

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"For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture."

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"Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it."

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