Victims Tortured By Oppressors Quotes & Sayings

Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer. — Bertrand Russell

I take the threat of terrorism very seriously, and no one is more committed to hunting down terrorists and bringing them to justice, wherever they live, than I am. — Harry Reid

It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen. — J. Lynn

My main expertise is in the past, but if I have to extrapolate into the future, I would say: no good news any time soon and an obvious exit strategy is not apparent to me. — Juan Cole

Most people do not go to the dentist until they have a toothache; most societies do not reform abuses until the victims begin to make life uncomfortable for others. — Charles Issawi

I'm not happy to be here. I'm just happy to be! — Jim Valvano

How many things are there which I do not want. — Socrates

I am always fascinated by India. — Gary Ackerman

We didn't raise our daughter, we merely loved her. — Sergei Dovlatov

We are not our own light. — Nicolas Malebranche