We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects… — Confucius Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things to do, is control someone. One of the worst things, is succeeding at it. — Tyler Bowen Copy Share Image
“it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
“Oppression is hardball. Though the range can vary, oppression is the closest Satan or his demons can get to a believer.” — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression. — Halima Aden Copy Share Image
“The great and the mighty that use their assets and power to subjugate people are demonstrating oppression.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
At times I feel it almost impossible not to despond entirely of there ever being a better, brighter day for us. None… — Charlotte Forten Grimke Copy Share Image
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another. It's happened in the USA… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
This is historically what happens whenever revolutionaries begin to take the oppression and suffering of their fellow beings seriously, whether human or… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
As a Black lesbian feminist comfortable with the many different ingredients of my identity, and a woman committed to racial and sexual… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
It is strange that a person may find it easy to protect himself from: eating Haraam, oppression and injustice, adultery, theft, drinking… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights we designed to get the government off the backs of the people -- all the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Those who have to face persistent political persecution become highly politicized. Our lives take on a rhythm different from those who, on… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Whether it's microaggressions or blatant racism, it's always been a fight. We've been fighting oppression for 400 years and it will continue… — Lexi Underwood Copy Share Image
When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
The worries that are the burden of which the privileged person makes an excuse in dealing with the oppressed person are in… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
If we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.” — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Anytime that someone defies the status quo and defies oppression, it feels like a step in the right direction. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
