“So long as tyranny exists, in whatever form, man's deepest aspiration must resist it as inevitably as man must breathe.” — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“The only terrorism I have personally witnessed in the USA has come from corrupt corporations and their government minions.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression. — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger. — Luke Treadaway Copy Share Image
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination, in the response — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
How clear can I put this? I am not denying female oppression; I am trying to stop it by calling for a… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
For a shaman, all things considered taboo get ripped apart, and one feels the satisfaction of being freed from agony through vituperation… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
It's different everywhere you go. I'm lucky I'm drawn into people who love and support me. I'm sheltered from that life. I… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
Our freedoms are shared freedoms: they are bound up in each other. The ability to confront oppression in the guise of religion… — Deeyah Khan 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
We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression… — Rigoberta Menchu 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
America and its allies are engaged in a war against a terrorist movement that spans all corners of the globe. It is… — Kenny Marchant Copy Share Image
“But no one could say he hadn't gotten even. He could not count the field women whom he had sexually degraded and… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our… — Trista Hendren Copy Share Image
When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“The concept of fourth-generation wars simply refers to the use of disinformation, funding subversive N.G.O.s, and spreading rumours as a method for… — Maged Mandour Copy Share Image
Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Fear (...) that has no relation to capabilities or even to reality is epidemic among women today. Fear of being independent (that… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression. — Ephraim Mirvis Copy Share Image
It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Without the communist oppression, I am absolutely sure I would now be a local stupid professor of philosophy in Ljubljana. — Slavoj Zizek Copy Share Image
The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary. — Tennessee Celeste Claflin Copy Share Image
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression. — Fatos Nano Copy Share Image
I have chosen to kneel because I simply cannot stand for the kind of oppression this country is allowing against its own… — Megan Rapinoe Copy Share Image
Racism is systemic: It's oppression that's built into the laws, legislation, into the way neighborhoods are policed, and into job opportunities and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion-I've worked with my best friends… — Diane Sawyer Copy Share Image
It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“You who are Prejudice, Abuse, Ignominy, Oppression, Iniquity, Despotism, Injustice, Fanaticism, beware of the wide-eyed urchin. He will grow up.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Pride in what and who you are is a strong foundation, but don't be defined by your oppression; use your anger, don't… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
Be rich in expressing yourself in a noble way and you shall never be oppressed without those who can help noticing. Oppression… — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
