John Lindsay

There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

American Politician

Angela Davis

My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.

American Activist

Donald Tusk

If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as to not end up with a situation where we do so only when it is comfortable, profitable and safe?

Polish Statesman

Vincent Kompany

Knife crime isn't an issue that's going to go away just because of repression and police action. Of course we need to support the forces, but it's linked to prevention, and prevention often comes through education.

Belgian Athlete

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.

Noam Chomsky

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.

Vladimir Putin

Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be.

Russian Statesman

Alice Miller

It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

Swiss Psychologist

Tom Malinowski

Let's face it: much of what we truly value in life is rooted in our experience of repression and conflict.

William Allen White

Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.

American Editor

Used when someone hides their emotions, often deliberately.

Emotional Masking

'Repression' deals with emotions or thoughts, not physical objects.

Not Physical

Repression occurs without awareness; not done intentionally.

Unconscious Process

Often relates to forcing distressing thoughts out of the conscious mind.

Painful Memories

Involves forcibly suppressing activities or expression, usually by those in power.

Control Through Force

In political contexts, 'repression' often implies unjust or cruel control.

Negative Connotation

Refers to the process of inhibiting naturally occurring biological reactions.

Biological Mechanism

This term is often used in scientific and medical discussions, not in everyday conversation.

Scientific Context

 of a movement's decision to adopt nonviolence or violence is not whether that group is more left-wing or right-wing, not whether the group is more or less influenced by religious beliefs, not whether it's up against a democracy or a dictatorship, and not even the levels of repression that that group is facing.

How women wage conflict...

 while there is no accountability while there's no transparency you will always have repression and corruption and I think what has to change is not the people necessarily but the system and that we need to work together right well since he's not gonna do it he can also help him by buying his book

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 the unconscious content would be revealed to our conscious mind, and psychological issues stemming from its repression could be addressed and resolved. We dream to remember. To increase performance on certain mental tasks, sleep is good, but dreaming while sleeping is better.

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 The people supported this revolutionary justice. Which people? An angry mob crying for blood does not a democracy make. And that's not even mentioning the forced labor camps, arbitrary arrests, and repression of LGBT people that continued long after the revolution.

History vs. Che Guevara...

 it was clear there would be no new election. Disturbingly, many of Hitler's early measures didn't require mass repression. His speeches exploited people's fear and ire to drive their support behind him and the Nazi party. Meanwhile, businessmen and intellectuals,

How did Hitler rise to...

 The wall stabilized East Germany's economy by preventing its work force from leaving, but tarnished its reputation, becoming a global symbol of Communist repression. As part of reconciliation with the East,

The rise and fall of the...

 can be seen as a striking symbol of repression versus relatively unrestricted public access. As the counterculture movements associated with graffiti become mainstream, does graffiti, too, become accepted?

Is graffiti art? Or...

 executed by the previous tsar for revolutionary activity, and even after the reforms, Nicholas continued the same mass repression and executions, as well as the unpopular involvement in World War I,

History vs. Vladimir...

 Anti-terror measures quickly turn into state repression without strong protection for minority communities and for peaceful debate; this needs to be supported by a robust, independent local media.

We can fight terror...

 And occurrences of civil war and repression have declined since the end of the Cold War. Statistics show that we are living in a relatively peaceful era. Why? Why has violence decreased?

Repression

The act of holding back or controlling feelings or actions.

A process in which a person is unconsciously not allowing painful or difficult memories to become conscious.

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The act of using force to control something or someone, or prevent something from happening.

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In biology, the process by which a substance stops or reduces the activity of an enzyme or a reaction.

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Emotional Masking

Not Physical

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