I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The oppressed want at any cost to resemble the oppressors." "They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
There must be a very clear understanding that you cannot work for peace if you are not ready to struggle. And this… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor. — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed [to deny others… — John Brown Copy Share Image
And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Animal liberation is also human liberation. Animal liberationists care about the quality of life for all. We recognize our kinship with all… — Henry Spira Copy Share Image
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I think that for those of us who come from oppressed backgrounds and who do our work in marginalized communities, recovering our… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If you achieve a voice that will be heard, you should use it to speak up for the voiceless and oppressed. If… — Craig Murray Copy Share Image
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly.… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
