Oppressed Quotes

382 Oppressed quotes by 257 unique authors

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the… — Ernest Becker
Every time I sit down to eat, I cast my lot: for mercy, against misery; for the oppressed, against the oppressor; and for compassion, against… — Bruce Friedrich
In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh… — Henri Nouwen
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I seem indeed to hear that voice, from Him Who gathers together those who are broken, and welcomes the oppressed: I have given you up,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed. — Tariq Ramadan
America has not been a story or a byword. That small community of Pilgrims prospered and, driven by the dreams and, yes, by the ideas… — Ronald Reagan
Being a victim of oppression in the United States is not enough to make you revolutionary, just as dropping out of your mother's womb is… — Grace Lee Boggs
When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood.… — Herbie Hancock
When I go around in America and I see the bulk of the white people, they do not feel oppressed; they feel powerless [. .… — John Trudell
Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest. — William Butler Yeats
You have discovered so much kindness and good will to those you thought were oppressed, and had no helper, that I am sure you will… — Jupiter Hammon
Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to… — Lajos Kossuth
They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed. — Unknown Author
The danger of oppression is not just being oppressed, itâ€™s becoming an oppressor, — Jon Stewart
The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others. — Nelson Mandela
God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing. — Desmond Tutu

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