Oppressed Quotes
382 quotes by 257 authors
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We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to…
— George Ripley
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It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what…
— Desmond Tutu
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I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some…
— Paul Robeson
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Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors.
— Unknown Author
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In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead can serve as…
— Richard Farson
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A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.
— Nelson Mandela
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What is surprising is that their ideological opponents, the Marxists - the anti-liberals, the representatives of the oppressed working classes - believed in progress with…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from…
— Oscar Romero
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For me, men are not divided into believers and atheists, but between oppressors and oppressed, between those who want to keep this unjust society and…
— Frei Betto
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The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like…
— Malcolm X
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Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people,…
— Ronald Reagan
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Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with our troubles, we remain the…
— Ronald Reagan
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Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabrick of…
— George Washington
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My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners…
— George Washington
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Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make…
— Giuseppe Mazzini
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Very powerless people [snickers] He's such a minority, I mean, you know Please, what are you kidding? I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN…
— Rick Sanchez
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Animal liberation is also human liberation. Animal liberationists care about the quality of life for all. We recognize our kinship with all feeling beings. We…
— Henry Spira
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I am not a terrorist, but neither am I a pacifist. I am simply a regular guy from the Palestinian street advocating only what every…
— Marwan Barghouti
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