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He quotes Oscar Wilde's criticism of charity workers who seek to remedy poverty and disease without solving the causes of it: "The worst slave owners were those that were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the core of the system being realised by those who suffered from it … Charity degrades and demoralises."

Slavoj Zižek's animated ideas about charity are simplistic and soulless | Jonathan Glennie 2011

"The introduction of competition and the driving down of terms and conditions demoralises the public sector and is likely to lead to more reoffending and more victims."

'Brain drain' warning for UK prisons 2011

"It also demoralises (in every sense), demotivates and discombobulates non-Muslim Brits so that they are quite unable to grasp that they are under attack from religious fanaticism".

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

It also demoralises (in every sense), demotivates and discombobulates non-Muslim Brits so that they are quite unable to grasp that they are under attack from religious fanaticism; instead they turn on their own side (America, Israel) and create a climate of anti-war defeatism and appeasement.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

It also demoralises (in every sense), demotivates and discombobulates non-Muslim Brits so that they are quite unable to grasp that they are under attack from religious fanaticism; instead they turn on their own side (America, Israel) and create a climate of anti-war defeatism and appeasement.

It's the thirties all over again 2010

It also demoralises (in every sense), demotivates and discombobulates non-Muslim Brits so that they are quite unable to grasp that they are under attack from religious fanaticism; instead they turn on their own side (America, Israel) and create a climate of anti-war defeatism and appeasement.

It's the thirties all over again 2010

Vicente del Bosque's side, for that matter, have developed a highly individual style founded on exceptional technique that exhausts and demoralises opponents as a midfield of supreme artistry confiscates the ball.

World Cup 2010 final: Andrés Iniesta finds key for Spain to beat Holland 2010

Targeting new police recruits has been a strategy of the Taliban as it demoralises young people who may be eager to serve in the security apparatus and discourages others from joining the forces.

Naveen Naqvi: Taliban Returns To Pakistan; Immediate New Offensive By Pak Army In Waziristan Unlikely 2009

Apportioning blame too often demoralises teachers, detaches families, leaves pupils disillusioned and unmotivated and avoids the main issue - taking responsibility.

Bad Education Jeff 2009

Happily the theory that culture demoralises is only an old falsehood that our forefathers believed in and we have inherited.

An Enemy of the People 2008