Oppressed Quotes

382 quotes by 257 authors

It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and… — Howard Thurman
Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness… — Albert Einstein
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The beauty and cogency… — Samuel Eliot Morison
Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have ensnared and enslaved the simple and innocent, and nowhere, in… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Genocide has two phases: one, destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other, the imposition of the national pattern of the oppressor.… — Raphael Lemkin
Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. — Ogden Nash
The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial… — Thomas Jefferson
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. — Eric Hoffer
If that means going onto their farms, releasing their animals and burning the place to the ground, that's morally justifiable, in our opinion...There were always… — Jerry Vlasak
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. — Meridel Le Sueur
Always remember that there is no conversion to God if there is no conversion to the oppressed. — Ignacio Ellacuria
The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor. — A. R. Bernard
Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his only Son into… — Martin Luther
Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people… — Nawal El Saadawi
Resistance! Resistance! No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without resistance! — Henry Highland Garnet
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged. — Bell Hooks
In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it),… — Paulo Freire
No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are… — Peter Benchley

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