Oppressed Quotes

382 quotes by 257 authors

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. — Erwin McManus
The process of liberation brings with it a profound conflict. Having the project be clear is not enough. What is necessary is a spirituality of… — Leonardo Boff
Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need. — Jerry Siegel
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose… — Dominique de Menil
It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations… — Nelson Mandela
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. — Nelson Mandela
Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the bounds of censorship. — Unknown Author
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am always ready to… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible. — Toni Cade Bambara
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it's educating its girls, if… — Barack Obama
The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against… — Leon Trotsky
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed,… — Nelson Mandela
Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The women are, of course, the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world and, if we are to believe the Book of Genesis,… — Chinua Achebe
Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what… — Ella Baker
I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up… — Tayari Jones
Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors — Nelson Mandela
I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is… — Nelson Mandela

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