I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy. — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“See the oppressed and the oppressor, and you will find the one that God will take part in on the day of… — Brother Pedro Copy Share Image
Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world. — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who… — Molly Crabapple Copy Share Image
The Naked Socialist connects the ancient order of oppression with the modern order of oppression. The Naked Socialist is a fabulous book… — Morgan Philpot Copy Share Image
The loss of objectivity in moral thought does not lead to liberation. It leads to oppression. Secular ideologies preach liberty, but they… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We may see how miraculously God defends our people, and makes us hope that, in spite of the malice of our enemies,… — William the Silent Copy Share Image
Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The core of liberation theology is profoundly "theologal" - that is, rooted in the very nature of God. You see, there's an… — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
...Jews must learn to say without excuse, without equivocation: despite our history and our powerlessness in the past, despite allthe injustices that… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
“[A]s long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together. ...Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of… — Linda Gordon Copy Share Image
“of other women. Oppression is most powerful when internalized and self-imposed. Self-oppression (knowing your “place”) becomes a passport to acceptance by the… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Our [Virginia's] act for freedom of religion is extremely applauded. The Ambassadors and ministers of the several nations of Europe resident at… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“does our relational language, already imbued with oppressive cultural meaning-making, necessarily preclude the possibility of speaking about freedom? How can you speak… — Anais Duplan Copy Share Image
“The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
It never occurred to him to be spiritually won over to the enemy. Many moderns, inured to a weak worship of intellect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unless institutional power reinforces the hurt and prejudice suffered by a group, it is not oppression. By definition, a person of color… — Linda Stout Copy Share Image
Jefferson, Madison and many others taught that complex laws and codes were sure signs of oppression. They agreed with Montesquieu, Lock and… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
“Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they'll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God.… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“The stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed - that of getting angry with and wishing to… — John Bowlby Copy Share Image
Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you… — Wei Jingsheng Copy Share Image
“Women prefer to serve the present and are afraid of age; they are in the grip of youth of their dreams. Age… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer Copy Share Image
Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
As American Jews and descendants of immigrants, we never forget where our families came from or what members of our community experienced.… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“The idea is that the woman's heritage and background are just as important as the man's. Many women see taking a man's… — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
The fear that we cannot grow beyond whatever distortions we may find within ourselves keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, externally… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
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