Oppression Quotes
The fact that 'Scrubs' is so popular in Israel is very important to me. I feel like I'm helping to cancel out the thousands of years of oppression the Jewish people have suffered.
«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nig*er, if I was ever so good, » said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then.»
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former.
We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive
You know and I know that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too early. We cannot be free until they are free.
OppressionNow dreamsAre not availableTo the dreamers, Nor songsTo the singers.In some landsDark nightAnd cold steelPrevail--But the dreamWill come back, And the songBreakIts jail.
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.
There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.
Generational oppression begins when what is meant to be transferred to one offspring has been taken over by reason of oppression.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
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[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.
The compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope.
Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.
In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.", June 16, 1918)
Your anger against every form of insult and oppression must be out of love.
Individuals with greed for power see others as elements to be oppressed.
Do not waste your anger, you may just be the candidate to deliver a people from oppression or injustice.
The great and the mighty that use their assets and power to subjugate people are demonstrating oppression.
Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.
If there is any society where the leaders lack the knowledge and the importance of justice, then oppression will be a common neighbor of the citizens.
Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence.
It is the people who cannot stand oppression that qualifies to fight today’s modern slavery.
As a result of this greed for power, the poor is not only silenced but also oppressed.
If people in the position of power are not made to be accountable, then, ungodliness, injustice and oppression will continue to be the order of the day in the society.
We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces on the edges of print.
Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they'll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it.
The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.
The ease with which moneyforgives bayonets and liesto justify the massacre with reasoned arguments
Best to live and love by the maxim that 'silence in the face of evil is evil itself', but when it's evil fighting evil, let evil kill itself.
What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?
How very like humans to pervert a message of love and peace to make it into an ideology of war and oppression to serve their own ends.
How is it called freedom if it is limited by those with a history of oppressing you?
...if charity begins at home, empire begins in other men's homes.
... You can only properly oppress people through a stability bordering on stagnation.
Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.
You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you.
As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.
In the heart of appeasement there's the fear of rejection, and in acts of fear there are mirrors of oppression.
We cannot shake off three hundred years of fear in three hours.
States that are built on a religious foundation limit their own people in a circle of faith and fear.
