Oppressed Quotes

382 Oppressed quotes by 257 unique authors

In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas,… — Imran Khan
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when… — Aung San Suu Kyi
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. — Vladimir Lenin
From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get advocacy for the… — Eric Liu
Truth is on the side of the oppressed. — Malcolm X
I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can… — Malcolm X
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation… — Jose Marti
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of… — Karl Marx
Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent! — Thabo Mbeki
Bolivia's majority Indian population was always excluded, politically oppressed and culturally alienated. Our national wealth, our raw materials, was plundered. Indios were once treated like… — Evo Morales
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. — Alexander Pope
Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. — Maximilien Robespierre
A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people… — Barbara Smith
I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. — Patti Smith
The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history. — Kim Il-sung
My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty… — Pancho Villa
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless… — Simone Weil
Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. — Simon Wiesenthal
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked… — Carter G. Woodson
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women's liberation has been achieved?… — Nawal El Saadawi
A status not freely chosen or entered into by an individual or a group is necessarily one of oppression and the oppressed are by their… — Lorraine Hansberry
It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change… — Jane Austen

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