Shortly after news of Zarqawi's death reached the media, al-Qaeda stated its intention to continue its oppression of the Iraqi people. — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no… — Cheryl Clarke Copy Share Image
“A commitment to sexual equality with men is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Victims of oppression & injustice don't need our spasm of passion…they need our legs & lungs of endurance. — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
What can still that hunger of the heart which sickens the eye for beauty, and makes sweet-scented ease an oppression? — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Oppressors in front of the Lord, truth be told shall inherit oppression, while others receive gold. — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani Copy Share Image
I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The God of the Bible is the God of liberation rather than oppression; a God of justice rather than injustice; a God… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
A central tenet of modern feminist thought has been the assertion that "all women are oppressed." This assertion implies that women share… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is essential that the sufferings of Jews become worse this will assist in realization of our plans I have an excellent… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the… — George Haven Putnam Copy Share Image
The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford Copy Share Image
“In an imperialist racist patriarchal society that supports and condones oppression, it is not surprising that men and women judge their worth,… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
A status not freely chosen or entered into by an individual or a group is necessarily one of oppression and the oppressed… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Ironically, there is a history of black/Irish communion here in the states; Irish and African American brothers and sisters have often found… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The men who are to protect the community against violent aggression easily turn into the most dangerous aggressors. They transgress their mandate.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The truth is that every intelligent man, as you know, dreams of being a gangster and of ruling over society by force… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
If we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.” — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Anytime that someone defies the status quo and defies oppression, it feels like a step in the right direction. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
In 2013 we had never faced a crisis like the Syrian refugee crisis now. Up until that point, a refugee meant someone… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
The worries that are the burden of which the privileged person makes an excuse in dealing with the oppressed person are in… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions. — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
