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Exploitation Quotes

Exploitation Nature Perception Societal Values If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

Henry David Thoreau

American naturalist and essayist

Exploitation Injustice Morality Oppression Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

Desmond Tutu

South African bishop and theologian

Exploitation Inequality Instability Oppression Social Unrest Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher - 384 BC

Ambition Despicability Exploitation Merit Ruthlessness Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Activist and former First Lady of the United States

Economic Fairness Exploitation Justice Taxation To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Control Dependency Exploitation Manipulation Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Anthony Hopkins

Conflict Exploitation Greed Power Dynamics Wealth War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

George Orwell

English novelist and poet

Exploitation Intrusion Misuse of Technology Privacy Spam SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.

Bill Gates

Former CEO of Microsoft

Capitalism Economics Exploitation Finance Labor Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

Karl Marx

Philosopher and Economist

Deception Exploitation Manipulation Power Dynamics Tyranny The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Albert Camus

French philosopher and author

Corruption Exploitation Injustice Justice Power Dynamics A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Corruption Education Exploitation Influence Power A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th U.S. President

Conflict Exploitation Greed Insecurity Power Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Ernest Hemingway

Exploitation Injustice Land Ownership Morality Power If I own a large part of Scotland, I can turn the people off the land practically into the sea or across the sea. I can take women in child-bearing and throw them into the snow and leave them there. That has been done. I can do it for no better reason than I think it is better to shoot deer on the land than allow people to live on it.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Exploitation Immigration Labor Rights Legal Rights Socioeconomic Issues Undocumented aliens unfortunately are not protected by the law, and they are tremendously subjected to exploitation. The result is that they would be willing to work for a wage that no person who is welcome in our shores would take.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Corruption Exploitation Greed Injustice Power Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Karl Marx

Philosopher and Economist

Exploitation Security Vulnerability Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally.

Bill Gates

Former CEO of Microsoft

Exploitation Historical Context Power Dynamics Wealth Inequality Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Desmond Tutu

South African bishop and theologian

Colonialism Exploitation Land Power Religion When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Desmond Tutu

South African bishop and theologian

Exploitation Inequality Poverty Social Justice Violence Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Mahatma Gandhi

Exploitation Inequality Injustice Oppression Wealth Disparity Property is organized robbery.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic