Laws that oppress people have no moral authority

When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly…

— Billie Jean King

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

— George Mason

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.

— Jaron Lanier

It's difficult to oppress people who have a sense of identity and unity, he says. Our struggle is about being seen as human beings…

— Pablo Alvarado

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who…

— Cesar Chavez

You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

— Cesar Chavez

We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in, say, America…

— Roma Tearne

“We are all entitled to our opinions and religious beliefs, but we are not entitled to make shit up and then use the shit…

— Cheryl Strayed

“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but…

— James Davison Hunter

“There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect.”

— Bryant McGill

The American experiment, the United States in the past eight years [2008-2016] was not considered worthy of leading, because we had committed too many…

— Rush Limbaugh

We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral…

— Billy Corgan

Hillary Clinton was personally presiding over the dissolution of moral authority - particularly applied to presidents - because she looked the other way, because…

— Rush Limbaugh

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

— Thomas Sowell

Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't…

— Harry Browne