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> [God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/god-wants-to-set-the-oppressed-free-from-being-oppressed-and-the/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [A society is only as free as its most oppressed and afflicted members.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silvia-tennenbaum/a-society-is-only-as-free-as-its-most-oppressed-and-afflicted-members/)

[Silvia Tennenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silvia-tennenbaum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/silvia-tennenbaum-59924_freedom_a-society-is-only-as-free-as-its-most-op_836593.jpg)

> [A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-deming/a-liberation-movement-that-is-nonviolent-sets-the-oppressor-free-as/)

[Barbara Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-deming/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/barbara-deming-14719_freedom_a-liberation-movement-that-is-nonviolent_853589.jpg)

> [“Let no one contradict my opinion by citing that trite proverb, claiming he who builds upon the people builds upon mud; for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/let-no-one-contradict-my-opinion-by-citing-that-trite-proverb/)

[Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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