Could people be oppressed in the name of freedom?

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

— Erwin McManus

I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can…

— Trevor Noah

“Human rights are being violated on every continent. More people are oppressed than free. How can one not be sensitive to their plight? Human…

— Elie Wiesel

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

— Simon Wiesenthal

“I wrote this book for the Nelson Mandela's of our communities who are willing to stand up for change and people who are oppressed…

— Sahndra Fon Dufe

Some of the best art occurs when people are oppressed. That's just what we do as a species when something shakes us up.

— Pharrell Williams

Listen, here's reality. It is completely unfair and absolutely necessary that people who have been oppressed and marginalized have to lead everybody. That is…

— Van Jones

I share the concerns around the world about everything from a lack of opportunity to groups of people being oppressed.

— Emma Hayes

In 'The Hunger Games,' in most people's idea, in terms of rebellion or a civil-war situation, that would meet the criteria for a necessary…

— Suzanne Collins

I get a lot from people who are in oppressed situations and say they were gonna give up. A lot of people have reached…

— Rain Dove

When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and…

— Laozi

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just…

— John Brown

“It was my conclusion that any people who were oppressed, particularly gay people like myself, could not depend upon others to be our heroes.…

— Troy D. Perry

Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a…

— Winnie Byanyima

There was a thrust to raise the consciousness of the people and we argued that in order to free ourselves we must be ourselves,…

— Maulana Karenga