The dictator is also the scapegoat; in assuming absolute authority, he assumes absolute guilt; and the oppressed masses, groaning under the yoke,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know… — Pancho Villa Copy Share Image
Oppressed persons, oppressed cultures, tend to be more political, obviously, as are those with a rage for justice, or the crazy messianic… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
I believe scripture is not just resilient but rebellious against its abuse by people. Scripture says it refuses to be used in… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
I seem indeed to hear that voice, from Him Who gathers together those who are broken, and welcomes the oppressed: I have… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“In oppressing, one becomes oppressed. Men are enchained by reason of their very sovereignty; it is because they alone earn money that… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
By identifying with the powerful, the disempowered achieve a measure of safety, at least for a moment. By doing the bidding of… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Having expressed the rage against the laws and conditions that oppressed them - maybe even excess anger in the beginning was directed… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
But this inestimable privilege was soon violated: with the knowledge of truth the emperor imbibed the maxims of persecution; and the sects… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We are herding the young in that direction so that they are not sitting still and contemplating, Goddamn it, a page of… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Libertarian action must recognize this dependence as a weak point and must attempt through reflection and action to transform it into independence.… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The painting showed a hairless, oppressed creature with a head like an inverted pear, its hands clapped in horror to its ears,… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
“It was my conclusion that any people who were oppressed, particularly gay people like myself, could not depend upon others to be… — Troy D. Perry Copy Share Image
Before, we were taught to place limits on our thoughts and emotions. Now we are taught to be open minded and to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They began to care less about the way they looked, the way they dressed, the things they did; presently, one found them… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Grimm: Cat and Mouse (#1.18)" (2012) Edgar Waltz: You may think I'm a monster, but what I am is necessary. No society… — Grimm Copy Share Image
In the long run even the most despotic governments with all their brutality and cruelty are no match for ideas. Eventually the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Traditionally Marxism attracts the oppressed. This, however, is not the case in the Arab nation... The socialist programs in Arab history did… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“People take turns in the effort to explain collective pain, and I’d tapped out plenty of times before, pleading exhaustion, depression, and… — Dayna Tortorici Copy Share Image
Very powerless people [snickers] He's such a minority, I mean, you know Please, what are you kidding? I'm telling you that everybody… — Rick Sanchez Copy Share Image
The impediment to scientific thinking is not, I think, the difficulty of the subject. Complex intellectual feats have been mainstays even of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Men create their own gods and thus have some slight understanding that they are self-fabricated. Women are much more susceptible, because they… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
My duty moves along with my song: I am I am not: that is my destiny. I exist not if I do… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We, the workers and inhabitants of St Petersburg, of various estates, our wives, our children, and our aged, helpless parents, come to… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
Let us be today's Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today's church. With Christ's light let us illuminate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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