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Cruelty Quotes

"In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other."

J. M. Coetzee, South African Author

Cruelty, Order, Suffering

"Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

"The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Cruelty, Victims

"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

"The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol."

Pamela Anderson, American Actress

Cruelty, Kentucky, Monument, State

"Farewell, fair cruelty."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

"Cruelty against innocent helpless animals is the worst form of violence."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Cruelty, Animals, Violence, Injustice

"I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

Cruelty, Divorce, England, Years

"Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?"

Soledad O'Brien, American Journalist

"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Cruelty, Fashion

"Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

"Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

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