We never pay anyone Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them'; — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Those who have suffered, who have known poverty or oppression, are generally the most prone to kindness. Perhaps it is well to… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“You look at us and you see oppression; we see stability and harmony. You see corruption; we see ties of family, friendship,… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
We definitely experience racism in England and different levels of oppression as well. Anywhere affected by colonialism there's certain kinds of race… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves at certain… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Well, when you think about it black American culture evolved over three and a half centuries. Every minute under which they lived… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Public school - where the human mind is drilled and manipulated into submission to various social and moral spooks, and thus fitted… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“The 'Manifesto' being our joint production, I consider myself bound to state that the fundamental proposition which forms its nucleus belongs to… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
This is what the government is, has always been, the creator and defender of privilege; the organization of oppression and revenge. To… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
“Every person has many identities, and experiences those identities in unique ways, depending on location, time, and the rest of who they… — Sam Killermann Copy Share Image
“We stand hand-clasped, our faces quite blank, as if this were not a nightmare that tells me, as clearly as if it… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression. There… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Oppression is allowed to survive because people don't like to talk about it or about acts like what happened. We're hoping to… — Tim Gordon Copy Share Image
Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
If I have to beat you up to keep you safe, thats just what Ill do. Its this kind of regard for… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.” — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
“Sex, like color, is a meaningless criterion and an oppression criterion when it is made a condition for a job,” — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
What we once thought of as necessary and proper reasons for ostracizing and marginalizing gay people, we now understand do not justify… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
We must use words to uplift and include. We can use our words to fight back against oppression and hate. But we… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
When you're accustomed to privilege, parity and equity and equality may feel like oppression. — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
