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Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Change Coincide Enemy Minds Most People Point Punishing Thought Trouble Vengeance Victory

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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Act Been Change Destroying Emotions Give Life Master Now Point Some Them Vent

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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.

~Barbara Deming

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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: After Could Cut Harm Little Might Necessary Off Others People Place Possible Remain Rest Restraint Revolution Should Society Very Well Where

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After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist - if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: After Bound Could Every Exist Experienced Goes Hope Let Us Mean Men Men And Women Name Now Place Places Prisons Revolution Simply Them Us Women Would

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All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Away Being Date Ever Existed Human Human Being Our People Prisons Put Should Society

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I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Abandon Adopt Behavior Choice Concept Enable Enemies Familiar Hold Naming Nonviolent Only Oppressive Our Think Tradition Us Vision Will I Think

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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Act Action Behalf Inclined Men Move Naturally Nonviolent Our Tactics Us

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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: Actually Certain Course Deter Deterrence Doubt Fails Generally Jails No Doubt Others Punishing Said Speaking Too Troublesome Try Works

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Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

~Barbara Deming

Topics: About Affliction Anger Bring Change Could Course Definition Determination Fact Give In Fact Our Revolution Task Think I Think

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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