The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“The compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope.” — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I would hesitate to give advice to the Dalai Lama and his people because they are suffering. The Dalai Lama suffered from… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
“Generational oppression begins when what is meant to be transferred to one offspring has been taken over by reason of oppression.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, he took it, and he identified police brutality, aggressive policing techniques, he broadened it to… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
Well, when you think about it black American culture evolved over three and a half centuries. Every minute under which they lived… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We may see how miraculously God defends our people, and makes us hope that, in spite of the malice of our enemies,… — William the Silent Copy Share Image
Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The core of liberation theology is profoundly "theologal" - that is, rooted in the very nature of God. You see, there's an… — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
“Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a "disposable" culture which is now… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum… — Eileen Simpson Copy Share Image
“A stab had clearly once been made at de-uglifying these public spaces by painting a corridor a jaunty yellow. This was because,… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There has to be spiritual transformation among the masses, who have to be willing to recognize that their oppression is not a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
For many gay and bisexual men of color, economic inequalities add to the pernicious effects of oppression and homophobia. — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
“Now I understand why women want to have children - it's simply the urge to create happiness for yourself, somehow to fill… — Nina Lugovskaya Copy Share Image
Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the… — Rza Copy Share Image
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other? — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“No badge can baptize brutality, no holy water can bleach blood stains – the land remembers the salt of tears of every… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“In 1969, University of Chicago sociology professor Marlene Dixon wrote that “the institution of marriage is the chief vehicle for the perpetuation… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. — James Madison Copy Share Image
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it. — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
![“[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role in production is simply that of ancillary tools, then there are striking elements of coercion and oppression that make talk of democracy very limited, if meaningful.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e7/noam-chomsky-42_coercion_a-s-long-as-individuals-are-compelled-to_2063768.jpg)
