28 Indignation Quotes for You to Enjoy

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. Atifete Jahjaga

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine. Che Guevara

You Injustice Every Tremble Mine Indignation Comrade Then

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.' Stephane Hessel

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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. H. G. Wells

Jealousy Moral Indignation Halo

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm

Hate Envy Feeling Virtue Guise Out Destructive Moral Indignation Contains Perhaps Permits Which Much Acted Phenomenon

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. Vittorio De Sica

Envy Moral Cases Indignation Most

The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking - something that will arrest their attention, enlist their sympathy, arouse their indignation, stimulate their imagination, convince their reason, awaken their conscience. Joseph Pulitzer

We trace out all the veins of the earth, and yet, living upon it, undermined as it is beneath our feet, are astonished that it should occasionally cleave asunder or tremble: as though, forsooth, these signs could be any other than expressions of the indignation felt by our sacred parent! Pliny the Elder

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If you've ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, 'What Teachers Make,' is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, 'Let me tell you what really makes me angry.' Taylor Mali

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Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior. Thucydides

Legal Men Superior First Seems More Indignation Excited Wrong Cheated Like Equal Looks Than Being Compelled Second Violent

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny. William Godwin

Tyranny Revolution Indignation Itself Pregnant

Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure! William Lloyd Garrison

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A good indignation brings out all one's powers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good Out Indignation Powers Brings

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor. Al Franken

Life Try Humor Righteous Indignation Couch Little Mean Found Early

Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation. Angelina Grimke

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I have shed many tears of pain and indignation. Ingrid Betancourt

Tears Pain Indignation Shed Many

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was, 'Well, I hope so.' John Sayles

Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness. Laura Amy Schlitz

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A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression. Mo Yan

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The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street. Robert Reich

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I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was outraged by Nazism, then people become militant, strong, and involved. Stephane Hessel

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