When there is oppression and dictatorship, by not speaking out, we lose our dignity. — Asma Jahangir 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
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an… — Nelson Mandela 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
“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
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
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
“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
“India all too easily forgets its own history under British rule, and the declaration of its freedom fighters that the oppressor does… — Angana P. Chatterji Copy Share Image
“...the modern State's greatest single instrument of oppression, its murderous tax on drink...accounts for nearly all the miseries besetting our once-merry land;… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
In all of human history no country or no people have suffered such terrible slavery, conquest and foreign oppression and no country… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
“No one is more vulnerable to fear than a man who keeps another in bondage. He will do anything to prevent justice… — Jane Jensen Copy Share Image
The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The… — M. K. Asante Copy Share Image
In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
That this privilege of giving or of withholding our monies is an important barrier against the undue exertion of prerogative, which if… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
“The only way to bear the overwhelming pain of oppression is by telling, in all its detail, in the presence of witnesses… — Aurora Levins Morales 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
Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Freedom is the very essence of life, the impelling force in all intellectual and social development, the creator of every new outlook… — Rudolf Rocker 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
An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate. — Monique Wittig Copy Share Image
In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Liberate yourself with the idea that you can be free from the chains of oppression. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
