Neutralization Quotes & Sayings

One of the characteristics of kitsch is precisely the neutralization of 'extreme situations', particularly death, by turning them into some sentimental idyll. — Saul Friedlander

When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable animated instrument which is Aristotle's definition of a slave. — Eric Hoffer

The very idea of the nude is only a neutralization of a primitive and violent act. — Pierre Klossowski

The United States must keep a low profile in Vietnam so we can negotiate its neutralization like we did in Laos . — Roger Hilsman