--- title: "8 Cause Oppressed Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Cause Oppressed quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Cause Oppressed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/henry-johnson-jr-15240_development_our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause_498948.jpg" --- > [“Our devotion should center on the cause of the oppressed, the tyrannized, the humiliated and hurt masses that have no place at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-johnson-jr/our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause-of-the-oppressed-the/) [Henry Johnson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-johnson-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/henry-johnson-jr-15240_development_our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause_498948.jpg) > [What problem does Pan-Asianism attempt to solve? The problem is how to terminate the sufferings of the Asiatic peoples and how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-yat-sen/what-problem-does-pan-asianism-attempt-to-solve-the-problem-is-how-to/) [Sun Yat-sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-yat-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/sun-yat-sen-8160_aggression_what-problem-does-pan-asianism-attempt-t_825465.jpg) > [“The proper criterion for distinguishing "right" from "wrong" is not mysterious.It is embodied in the principles that advance the cause of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dhoruba-bin-wahad/the-proper-criterion-for-distinguishing-right-from-wrong-is-not/) [Dhoruba Bin Wahad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dhoruba-bin-wahad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/dhoruba-bin-wahad-107622_quote_the-proper-criterion-for-distinguishing_964885.jpg) > [“ http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&am... The proper criterion for distinguishing "right" from "wrong" is not mysterious.It is embodied in the principles that advance the cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dhoruba-bin-wahad/http-www-google-com-imgres-hl-en-am-the-proper-criterion-for/) [Dhoruba Bin Wahad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dhoruba-bin-wahad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/dhoruba-bin-wahad-107622_quote_http-www-google-com-imgres-hl-en-am-the_1431816.jpg) > [“The Christian community, therefore, is that community that freely becomes oppressed, because they know that Jesus himself has defined humanity's liberation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-h-cone/the-christian-community-therefore-is-that-community-that-freely/) [James H. Cone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-h-cone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/james-h-cone-27875_christian_the-christian-community-therefore-is-tha_2597520.jpg) > [“The Lord will judge those who slander and harm the righteous, for He defends the cause of the oppressed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaila-touchton/the-lord-will-judge-those-who-slander-and-harm-the-righteous-for-he/) [Shaila Touchton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaila-touchton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/shaila-touchton-48976_gossip-quotes_the-lord-will-judge-those-who-slander-an_2750745.jpg) > [We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ripley/we-shall-suffer-no-attachment-to-literature-no-taste-for-abstract/) [George Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ripley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/george-ripley-44539_abstract_we-shall-suffer-no-attachment-to-literat_2827578.jpg) > [“I hope I take up the cause of all oppressed people rather warmly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-hope-i-take-up-the-cause-of-all-oppressed-people-rather-warmly/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/wilkie-collins-2078_equality_i-hope-i-take-up-the-cause-of-all-oppres_3138422.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-oppressed/#itemlist", "name": "Cause Oppressed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our devotion should center on the cause of the oppressed, the tyrannized, the humiliated and hurt masses that have no place at the table, given the system that is at hand.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Johnson Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-johnson-jr/our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause-of-the-oppressed-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/henry-johnson-jr-15240_development_our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause_498948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/henry-johnson-jr-15240_development_our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause_498948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/henry-johnson-jr-15240_development_our-devotion-should-center-on-the-cause_498948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our devotion should center on the cause of the oppressed, the tyrannized, the humiliated and hurt masses…” — Henry Johnson Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What problem does Pan-Asianism attempt to solve? 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