I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Producing zines can offer an unexpected respite from the scrutiny on the Internet, which can be as oppressive as it is liberating. — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
We must not reject all sexual contact between adults and young people as inherently oppressive. — Gayle Rubin Copy Share Image
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As oppressive as this nation is, of course people using drugs. They're trying to find a way to escape, who am I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
“Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of her… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution.… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
“What, exactly, she had been protesting was subject to interpretation. To the poorest, her self-immolation was a response to enervating poverty. To… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
As always with any discussion of elite immunity, it's crucial to note that what makes this development such a particularly warped travesty… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“Love has the power to create an inviting space in the lives of people. But if daily routine kills dreamy or passionate… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“These young men, in other words, represented a variety of types, but one thing they had in common was that they'd all… — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
“This is the case in every society: those who pose no challenge are rarely targeted by oppressive measures, and from their perspective,… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde. — Jonathan Miller Copy Share Image
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“To the less privileged it was this arbitrariness that made the regime's power feel so oppressive. There were no clear principles or… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
It's the perpetually unfinished quality of housework that makes it oppressive - it never ends, like bad psychoanalysis, or a dream interrupted.… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
Religion, throughout the years, has become a very oppressive thing that doesn't allow people to get to know the God it was… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Here in America, just as we see such incredible progress happening in one state, we see another state passing absolutely disgusting and… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Fearing the judgment of others I condemned myself … failing in my quest for perfection the oppressive weight of judgment steadily pressing… — David W. Earle LPC Copy Share Image
“t nightfall, at the oppressive moment of transition, a storm of carnivorous mosquitoes rose out of the swamps, and a tender breath… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people will be liberated from a lot of oppressive manufacturing jobs, or a lot of service jobs,… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
To demand that people find their assigned narrow corridors of culture or ethnicity or gender, expecting people to forevermore stay in that… — Andreja Pejic Copy Share Image
Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody's foot on their neck or their foot… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
