Change Quote by Audre Lorde

Oppression is the essence of power.

— Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

— Rita Mae Brown

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

— Anonymous

“Oppression is the seed of power; you will plant it against yourself”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Oppression breeds the power to oppose it.

— Andrew Solomon

“Oppression is built on a series of assumptions, and if they begin to crumble, the system is in grave danger. The assumptions have got…

— Pearl Cleage

Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings.

— Margaret Atwood

“Individuals with greed for power see others as elements to be oppressed.”

— Sunday Adelaja

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive

— Florynce Kennedy

The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own…

— Andrea Dworkin

“Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.”

— Paulo Freire

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

— Tim Wise