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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong. — Jack London
Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to… — George Washington
The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic… — Frederic Bastiat
The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or… — John Stuart Mill
And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to… — Terry Pratchett
It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate, wound… — Bell Hooks
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many. — Alexander Hamilton
Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us… — Timothy Keller
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like. — Veronica Roth
...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow. — Alexandre Dumas
A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late. There was nothing poignant, nothing acute about it; but there was a feeling… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. — Charlotte Bronte
I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent. — Louisa May Alcott
The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse… — Thomas Berry
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from… — Oliver Ellsworth
He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. — Samuel Johnson
The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but to join together… — Evo Morales
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels… — Cesar Chavez
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to… — Bible
They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly... Hence they have… — Galileo Galilei
If you agree with the oppressor, you are helping them oppress you. — Senoraroy
God bless America, and is the home of the brave men and women, who put their life's on the line and risk it to save… — Glen Rambharack
My tragic view of life... leads me to have little patience with the chronic complaining I hear in modern society from people who have so… — Dennis Prager

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