Quote by Aurora Levins Morales

“Oppression doesn’t make people noble. Give any of us a little comfort, and we’ll kill to keep it. The despised become despicable.”

— Victor LaValle

“No one, alas, more oppressive than the oppressed.”

— Junot Díaz

“Oppression evolves, like everything else.”

— Steve Aylett

“When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.”

— Bryant McGill

“No matter how primitive a community is, it is against any type of oppression.”

— Suwardi Surjaningrat

“Oppression is hardball. Though the range can vary, oppression is the closest Satan or his demons can get to a believer.”

— Beth Moore

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

— Sunday Adelaja

“In short, the abusive mentality is the mentality of oppression.”

— Lundy Bancroft

“The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't move.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“It is the people who cannot stand oppression that qualifies to fight today’s modern slavery.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The great and the mighty that use their assets and power to subjugate people are demonstrating oppression.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“We have a deep interest in denying the forms of oppression which benefit us.”

— Robin DiAngelo