Oppressed Quotes

382 Oppressed quotes by 257 unique authors

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation. — Paulo Freire
Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. — Germaine Greer
The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. — Germaine Greer
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. — Clarence Darrow
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with… — Angela Davis
Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted… — Terry Eagleton
The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed. — Thomas Huxley
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me. — Mahalia Jackson
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. — Erica Jong
Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social… — Aly Khan
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

Who Wrote These Oppressed Quotes

257 authors contributed a total of 382 Oppressed Quotes, led by these top contributors: