Oppression Quotes

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

— Desiderius Erasmus

I hate systemic oppression in America.

— Lecrae

standing in line is a form of oppression

— John Green

Oppression is the essence of power.

— Ernst Kaltenbrunner

How shall Integrity face Oppression?

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

— Bryan Cranston

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

— Victor Hugo

“Injustice is not allowed on my watch.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The danger of oppression is not just being oppressed, it’s becoming an oppressor,

— Jon Stewart

If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.

— V. S. Naipaul

Oppression thrives on distance - on not actually meeting or seeing the oppressed.

— Robert J. Shiller

It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice

— Edward Coke

The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor.

— Anonymous

“We who are oppressed love those who fight against oppression.”

— Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr

The Khodorkovsky case is typical of the "oprichnina" - the system of oppression.

— Vladimir Sorokin

When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

— H. L. Mencken

It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

— Eric Hoffer

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

— Monique Wittig

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

— Joseph Addison

Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made…

— Han Suyin

“The ease with which money forgives bayonets and lies to justify the massacre with reasoned arguments”

— Liu Xiaobo

Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It's to save the oppressed. That's what religion is for.

— Orlando Jones

Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!

— Pope Francis

“In 1969, University of Chicago sociology professor Marlene Dixon wrote that “the institution of marriage is the chief vehicle for the perpetuation…

— Rebecca Traister

The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many…

— Akbar Ganji

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising…

— Anonymous

...I believe it is now the duty of the slaves of the South to rebuke their masters for their robbery, oppression and…

— Angelina Grimke

The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of Paul 's Roman citizenship, which sent…

— Robert H. Jackson

What you must understand is oppression does not end with the niggers. It does not end with the poor people, it doesn't…

— Florynce Kennedy

Perhaps a revolution can overthrow autocratic despotism and profiteering or power-grabbing oppression, but it can never truly reform a manner of thinking;…

— Immanuel Kant

No more generations of our youth, here and all around the world, whose life is over, whose fate has been sealed, who…

— Bob Avakian

I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the…

— Lil B

The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now…

— John F. Kennedy

“Weight and body oppression is oppressive to everyone. When you live in a society that says that one kind of body is…

— Golda Poretsky

“The central question is not: what is force and what is freedom? That is a good question, but in the realm of…

— Andrea Dworkin

The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts.…

— H. L. Mencken

As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in…

— Leon Trotsky

When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God…

— Rob Bell

“[Letter to his wife, Natalia Sedova] In addition to the happiness of being a fighter for the cause of socialism, fate gave…

— Leon Trotsky

“Religion, which was obviously created to give meaning and purpose to people, has become part of the oppression. This is true in…

— Noah Levine