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The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hello, my name is Noam and I have the answer to all your problems. It's all the fault of the evil Americans, the bad conservative… — John Ringo
Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the… — Desmond Tutu
Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless. — John Dryden
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every kind… — Pope John Paul II
Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men. — Warren Farrell
Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power. — Mikhail Bakunin
For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. — Ovid
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. — Robert Herrick
I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and… — Marcus Garvey
There can be no peace among men and nations, so long as the strong continues to oppress the weak, so long as injustice is done… — Marcus Garvey
When a war is waged by two opposing groups of robbers for the sake of deciding who shall have a freer hand to oppress more… — Vladimir Lenin
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them; it is only… — Leo Tolstoy
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized… — Frederick Douglass
The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds.… — Terry Eagleton
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human… — William Hague
Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people… — Jack Kingston
Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. — Jaron Lanier
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. — Imelda Marcos
Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are… — Paulo Freire
This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must… — Frederick Douglass
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels… — Cesar Chavez
Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our… — Desmond Tutu

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