Oppress Quotes

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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will… — John Henrik Clarke
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him. — Ben Jonson
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and… — James Madison
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to… — James Madison
To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they… — Jonathan Mayhew
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez
It's difficult to oppress people who have a sense of identity and unity, he says. Our struggle is about being seen as human beings trying… — Pablo Alvarado
A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species. — James Madison
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself -my disgust at her barbarity -clumsiness -darkness -bitter mockery… — John Ruskin
The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a… — Frederic Bastiat
One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own place.… — Henri Nouwen
I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became… — Achmat Dangor
London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to… — Nick Cohen
It is the height of stupidity to claim that men who for a thousand years have had the power to berate us, to fleece us… — Jean-Paul Marat
But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of fraud, we shall… — George Washington
Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women - and that a woman's place is not just in the… — Ban Ki-moon
If you are a white male, you donâ€™t deserve to live.Â You are a cancer, youâ€™re a disease, white males have never contributed anything positive… — Noel Ignatiev
Empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone. — Simon Baron-Cohen

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