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title: "3 Oppressed Afflicted Quotes by 3 authors"
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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)

> [He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/he-was-oppressed-and-he-was-afflicted-yet-he-opened-not-his-mouth-he/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/bible-141_god_he-was-oppressed-and-he-was-afflicted-ye_842897.jpg)

> [“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,          s yet he opened not his mouth;      t like a  u lamb that is led to the slaughter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-was-oppressed-and-he-was-afflicted-s-yet-he-opened-not-his-mouth-t/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/anonymous-1_quote_he-was-oppressed-and-he-was-afflicted-s_1643810.jpg)

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