It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Albert Camus
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It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. The issue in this quote is not so much a literal execution but rather a situation in which a person feels they have been unjustly treated by a system. This can happen in education, where a student feels he or she has been challenged unfairly in a test. It can also happen in politics, when a politician feels she or he has been unfairly targeted by the press.

In both instances, the person feeling wronged is refusing to let anyone speak for her or him. In both cases, the person with power wants to silence the voice of the opposition.

Source: Neither Victims Nor Executioners

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