Downtrodden Quotes

43 quotes by 42 authors

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang. — Anthony Burgess
Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I realized after reading the fourth chapter of St. John's Gospel, that Christ was truly the Divine Saviour he claimed to be, and no one… — Pandita Ramabai
Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism. . . . We have to prove to… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The US government is usually on the wrong side against the poor and downtrodden, because the wrong side is the right side, given the class… — Michael Parenti
I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish, — Viola Davis
You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases… — Vladimir Lenin
Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle,… — Richard Bach
To be a dog woman is not necessarily to be downtrodden; that has very little to do with it. In these pictures every woman's a… — Paula Rego
For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance… — Ginny Brown-Waite
When you feel discouraged or simply lazy, as is bound to happen sometimes, remember the millions of people in the world who have not had… — Jehan Sadat
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the… — A. Philip Randolph
A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity. — H.G. Wells
Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women also want equal rights and… — Larry L. King
NDCC is an admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave the world) is not a… — Dan Smoot
If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for some less -… — Swami Vivekananda
Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And — Khaled Hosseini
Feel, my children, feel; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and you think you… — Swami Vivekananda
They try to paint the picture that I was this downtrodden, ugly girl who was unpopular in school and in life, and then I got… — Gabourey Sidibe
To those who feel defeated and downtrodden, look to the early hours of the day for your rescue...Shadows of yesterday's grief melt in the rays… — Russell M. Nelson

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