Read quote“Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence.”
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The ways language, narratives, and social practices shape meaning, knowledge, and power.
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Words on Discourse
Read quote“Honest to God touched a nerve.”
Read quote“It is reason, not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.”
Read quote“We can learn the art of disagreement from him which is not just the key to democracy but the need of the hour.”
Read quote“Our ultimate objective is to have a mature society where difference of opinion is tolerated with much indulgence and where dialogue and a spirit of compromise lives on.”
Read quote“Je ne faisais pas un discours pour éduquer qui que ce soit.”
Read quote“It can’t be overstated enough how helpful it is for people to talk about it.”
Read quote“Le niveau est passable pour ne pas dire médiocre.”
Read quote“And to talk about those things in America is to be radical—just to talk about them.”
Read quote“Poetry provides an important alternative voice to journalists or pundits or academics as a way of dealing with things that matter to us all.”
Read quote“It provides a very free platform for people to express themselves and exchange ideas.”
Read quote“「そういう問題を語れるのは自分しかいない」”
Read quote“El teatro es todo lo contrario de un debate.”
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