Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“What is amazing and revolutionary today will be oppressive tomorrow.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Keeping people neurotic and depressed and ignorant and self-doubting is oppressive. — Susie Bright Copy Share Image
“not only is religion divisive and oppressive, it is also a denial of all that is divine in people; it is a… — Tom Robbins 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
Producing zines can offer an unexpected respite from the scrutiny on the Internet, which can be as oppressive as it is liberating. — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. — Auberon Herbert Copy Share Image
...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
“Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of her… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well, as it may for a time,… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Given the fact that I have a family and responsibilities, it's the mark of a man to find the courage to do… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
Also, this is our lives for a huge part of the year and we did not want to be in prison, 24/7.… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
I was thinking about how we're so in touch with our image now. That conception of ourselves, in a very physical sense,… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I think we've become blind in this country to the ways in which we've managed to reinvent a caste-like system here in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Here’s the thing about oppression: It’s rarely the result of one person’s actions and often it’s not even intentional. As philosopher Carol… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What, exactly, she had been protesting was subject to interpretation. To the poorest, her self-immolation was a response to enervating poverty. To… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
“The character had repressed all his guilt and self-doubt, the things that might make him appealing to viewers. He was simply a… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
We know that dismantling old oppressive regimes is a great deal faster and easier than building new flourishing democracies. Chinggis Khaan once… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
“A stab had clearly once been made at de-uglifying these public spaces by painting a corridor a jaunty yellow. This was because,… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“Love has the power to create an inviting space in the lives of people. But if daily routine kills dreamy or passionate… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“As Black people, if there is one thing we can learn from the 60s, it is how infinitely complex any move for… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“The late 1920s were an age of islands, real and metaphorical. They were an age when Americans by thousands and tens of… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
“That’s the oppressive thing about happiness, the way everything is out on the table like an open book:” — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
Unilateral sanctions on Cuba have been oppressive and largely ineffective, and that's why the public largely supports lifting them. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is a rebellion against an oppressive reality and an ontological search for the essence of one's being.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“All the beauty in the world was made within the oppressive limitations of time and death and impermanence.” — Joseph Fink Copy Share Image
Primary-school education is a crock, basically. It's oppressive to anyone with physical energy, especially guys. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
