“Suppression is a form of social and intellectual terrorism which results in oppression.” — Jackson Taviri Copy Share Image
Had courage, wisdom, and reason always prevailed in people, there would not have been oppressions and oppressors. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
He is a coward who fears to show his tears in the face of oppression and injustice. — Paul Bamikole Copy Share Image
the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, he took it, and he identified police brutality, aggressive policing techniques, he broadened it to… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other? — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“Equality of condition and equality of opportunity must provide the foundation of an interdependent nation with building blocks found in dignity and… — Julie Banks Lewis Copy Share Image
Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the… — Rza Copy Share Image
“Now I understand why women want to have children - it's simply the urge to create happiness for yourself, somehow to fill… — Nina Lugovskaya Copy Share Image
We of course have our problems, to say the least, in comportment towards ourselves and our environment, but admittance to the cosmos… — Paul Levinson Copy Share Image
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made… — Han Suyin Copy Share Image
The United States has already passed on as the world's economic leader. Having flouted Thomas Jefferson for too long, America has succumbed… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“When we try to bring about change in our societies, we are treated first with indifference, then with ridicule, then with abuse… — A.T. Ariyarante Copy Share Image
“If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it is to be aware of the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“To be a liberal is to care about more than one’s own belly or roof. It is to care about the rights… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“I understood intersectionality—the way that white supremacy props up patriarchy props up poverty props up environmental destruction props up white supremacy again—on… — Jacob Tobia Copy Share Image
“I have often been asked why I maintained such a non-compromising antagonism to government and in what way I have found myself… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a "disposable" culture which is now… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
“Oppression Olympics is what smart liberal Americans say to make you feel stupid and to make you shut up. But there IS… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image