Resistance to oppression is second nature.

The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance…

— Albert Camus

Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that resistance. I…

— Harry Belafonte

It is the obligation of every person who claims to oppose oppression to resist the oppressor by every means at his or her disposal.…

— Assata Shakur

“Our revolution of '76, and onward, was not a rebellion; it was resistance of oppression, of burdensome taxation without equal representation, and it resulted…

— E. E. (Ezra Eastman) Adams

But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.

— Ron Paul

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have…

— John Adams

The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they…

— H. L. Mencken

The pacifist thinks that the alternative to war is peace; it is not. Sometimes the alternative is oppression. Sometimes certain God-given rights and liberties…

— Fulton J. Sheen

To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression…

— Chinua Achebe

Kill me if you will, I am not afraid to die; and I have endured so much oppression that I am weary of life.…

— Sam Smith

If it doesn't happen, the continuing oppression will be met by more resistance from a less tolerant populace which wants a democratic restoration. And…

— Florencio Abad

“Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order…

— Timothy Snyder

Habits form a second nature.

— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

I boxed a lot as a kid, so it's something that comes second nature to me.

— J. R. Ramirez

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

— Democritus