Oppress Quotes

104 Oppress quotes by 89 unique authors

You should desire for others what you desire for yourself, and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress, just as you… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors… — Benjamin Franklin
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. — Eric Hoffer
Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too. — Barack Obama
Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . .… — Ravi Ravindra
Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people. — George Mason
Some people spend their entire lives devoted to a religion that claims to be the ‘right’ religion... they often deny scientific evidence that contradicts their… — David G. McAfee
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the… — Charles Rangel
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. — Anne Bronte
No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not… — Frederick The Great
To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts. — Pope Francis
I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: it's one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.... One of… — H. L. Mencken
We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than… — Malala Yousafzai
One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women… — Sonia Johnson
Religion was created by insecure men to oppress women. Religion is the basis of all political ideas and it exempts the human being to find… — Mutabaruka
A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die… — Suzy Kassem
In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle. Among the whites in the United States, it is only the reactionary ruling… — Mao Zedong
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from… — Fisher Ames
The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that… — H. L. Mencken
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others. — Nelson Mandela
Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who… — Brennan Manning
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. — H. L. Mencken
Laws that oppress people have no moral authority — Richard Stallman
The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. — James F. Cooper

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