I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
~ Roland Barthes
We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in the sense that we've cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible.
~ Paul Farmer
A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated.
~ Donna Brazile
The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.
~ Salvatore Quasimodo
