Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an… — Harry Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
What I see is not a world of male oppression and female victimization, but an internation conspiracy by women to keep from… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My parents brought my sister and me to the United States to escape the communist takeover of Cuba. They sought to build… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think as an intelligent person you would agree that when you are teaching among oppressed people that they should be relieved… — Malcolm X 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 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
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
In the early period of Left struggles, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, there were many different trajectories for the… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
A materialist feminist approach to women's oppression destroys the idea that women are a 'natural group' . . . What the analysis… — Monique Wittig Copy Share Image
If I rule out violent anarchism, there remains pacifist, anti-nationalist, anti-capitalist, moral, and anti-democratic anarchism (i.e., that which is hostile to the… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“[The] women's movement has been a blessing in many ways. [But] even as we have gained more physical and social opportunities, we… — Wendy C. Top Copy Share Image
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
When anarchists are having a debate, they're having a debate about tactics, 'Should you do this?', 'Should you do that?' The question… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
“... [T]he other lesson history has taught us - that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion ... that the fanatical… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Every new Fashion is a refusal to inherit, a subversion against the oppression of the preceding Fashion; Fashion experiences itself as a… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I know she [Hillary Clinton] comes out of a legacy with her husband in which the Democratic Party did more, it seems… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
In the interest of full disclosure, let me state that I hate Hamas. They embody everything that I, as a human being,… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
I will give a proof to demonstrate with facts that there are no rules in painting and that oppression or servile obligation… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
We're used to saying that women in other cultures are oppressed, but the question that I had when making the film was:… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
It's less to do about me - 'Hey, I'm black and it hurts my feelings; it's a symbol of slavery and oppression'… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I think violence is part of the struggle against oppression. If something bad happens to these people [animal researchers], it will discourage… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
It's just not funny to disrespect other people's beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or identities when those are deeply rooted in longstanding oppression. Jokes… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
“Victims becoming torturers is such a classic historical pattern that we could formulate, regarding any revolution whatever, this iron law : combat… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
![“[The] women's movement has been a blessing in many ways. [But] even as we have gained more physical and social opportunities, we are more spiritually and emotionally enslaved than ever in other arenas. Why? Because Satan has cleverly switched one form of oppression -- the undervaluing of women by…” quote by Wendy C. Top](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/wendy-c-top-286483_men_the-women-s-movement-has-been-a-blessing_1567519.jpg)
![“... [T]he other lesson history has taught us - that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion ... that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them.” quote by Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/dan-brown-203_bullying_t-he-other-lesson-history-has-taught-us_1883344.png)
![“I know she [Hillary Clinton] comes out of a legacy with her husband in which the Democratic Party did more, it seems to me, to subjugate blacks to the dynamics of oppression, poverty. The mass incarceration state.” quote by Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/henry-giroux-945_clinton_i-know-she-hillary-clinton-comes-out-of_652964.png)
![“I think violence is part of the struggle against oppression. If something bad happens to these people [animal researchers], it will discourage others. It is inevitable that violence will be used in the struggle and that it will be effective.” quote by Jerry Vlasak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/jerry-vlasak-20536_animal_i-think-violence-is-part-of-the-struggle_3172154.jpg)
