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Exploitative Quotes

Quotes on exploitation

These exploitative quotes confront modern slavery and unfair labor conditions in supply chains tied to American global commerce.

I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work...

Quotes by Wagner Moura

The competitive pressure to produce, buy, and sell to our global multi-national companies is so intense that contractors in supply chains are motivated to pay low wages, intensify exploitative conditions, keep workers fearful with insecure work contracts, or simply sack...

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Making children cry for a photographer can be considered mean. But I would say that making children laugh and show off their jeans for an apparel ad is just as exploitative and less natural. Toddlers' natural state, like, 30 percent...

Quotes by Jill Greenberg

It isn't those of us who oppose American aggression in the Muslim world who need manipulative, exploitative reminders about 9/11; it's those who cheer for these policies who are making a follow-up attack ever more likely.

Quotes by Glenn Greenwald

Agreements Quotes

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

Quotes by Carol Bellamy

Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the...

Quotes by Brian Behlendorf

We fought against British not because of the color of their skin but also because of the exploitative character of their government.

Quotes by Arvind Kejriwal

Frequently Asked Questions

What real-world issue is called exploitative in these quotes?
Modern slavery is described as the most outrageous assault on individual rights, deeply affecting the speaker personally.
How are supply chains connected to exploitative conditions?
Competitive pressure to cut costs is described as pushing contractors toward low wages and exploitative working conditions.
Is advertising involving children discussed as exploitative?
Yes, one quote argues that having children perform happily for an ad can be just as exploitative as making them cry.
What political criticism appears among these exploitative quotes?
One quote criticizes using 9/11 as a justification for continued American policy, calling it exploitative rhetoric.
Do these quotes take a side on politically charged issues?
They present differing views factually, without this page endorsing either side of the political debate raised.

Others question exploitative advertising involving children, and the political use of tragedy, showing how deeply people believe this matters.