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Jean-Paul SartreThere are no innocent victims.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Robert FrostNever be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Harry TrumanHow many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who’s hitting you.

—  Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953]

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Jean-Paul SartreI hate victims who respect their executioners.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Jean-Paul SartreFascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Kurt VonnegutI was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.

—  Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer

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Ayn RandEvil requires the sanction of the victim.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Timothy LearyEach religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim.

—  Timothy Leary, 1920-1996, American psychologist

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Eugene IonescoWe are all Victims of Duty.

—  Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright

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Marquis de SadeI want to be the victim of his errors.

—  Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer

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Emile M. CioranNo one should try to live if he has not completed his training as a victim.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Charles BaudelairePerhaps it would be sweet to be, in turn, both victim and executioner.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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Carl von ClausewitzThere can only be one decisive victory: the last one.

—  Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist

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Bertrand RussellLife is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Graham GreeneThere was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Philip RothBecause that is when you love somebody – when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Comte de MirabeauThe sheep go silently to the slaughterhouse, expecting nothing. But at least they don’t vote for the butcher who kills them or the bourgeois who eats them.

—  Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, main figure of the French Revolution

Alfred HitchcockBlondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

—  Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, British film director

Ancient Greek

AeschylusThe will of Zeus, the hand of Hephæstus.

Βούλευμα μεν το Δίον, Ηφαίστου δε χειρ.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

     ((for the torture of Prometheus))

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