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Victim quotes

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“Once victim, always victim—that's the law!” Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

“Always the innocent are the first victims” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“For mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it.” Plato, The Republic

“The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account, and persecutors of the most terrible description.” Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.” Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

“He liked to complain about things: people at work, Harry, the council, Harry, the bank, and Harry were just a few of his favorite subjects.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“A single zealot may commence persecutor, and better men be his victims.” Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia

“The latter seemed to be a victim to some emotion that he tried in vain to repress.” Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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persecution friendship man mankind innocence injustice emotion repression complaining victimization scapegoat attacker extremism

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J. K. Rowling (2)
Plato (1)
Thomas Hardy (1)
Arthur Conan Doyle (1)
Thomas Jefferson (1)
Jules Verne (1)
Samuel Butler (1)

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2)
The Republic (1)
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1)
Notes on the State of Virginia (1)
A Study in Scarlet (1)
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1)