Great Throughts Treasury

"The evil of the Holocaust was realized through the exercise of a certain kind of power – coercive power. It was a power that sought to dominate and control. It was a power legitimated through law, buttressed by propaganda, augmented by terror, and affected through all the institutions of society."

"Where you live determines what you see. The people you listen to influence what you hear. "

"The person on one side becomes a client, and the person on the other side is professional.....The client is reduced to his or her particular problem, and the professional never gets to meet the multifaceted reality of the person they are trying to help.The caregiver, the advocate, the social worker never actually meets the complex reality of the person, who may have a wacky sense of humour, who loves his kids, who has secret dreams of going ice fishing in the winter, who is immensely resilient, who knows where to get wine cheap"