Oppressed Quotes

382 Oppressed quotes by 257 unique authors

Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body. — Martin Luther
Women over fifty already form one of the largest groups in the population structure of the western world. As long as they like themselves, they… — Germaine Greer
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? — Paulo Freire
At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way… — Paulo Freire
The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory… — Evgeny Morozov
American Muslims - young American Muslims in particular - are starting to understand that unless they are willing to stand up for all the other… — Reza Aslan
In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and… — Malcolm X
Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000 boat people in… — David Suzuki
Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content… — Paulo Freire
I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right. — Common
To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or… — Stanley Hauerwas
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is not only acceptable… — Stephen Kinzer
There are nations, where people live in captivity, fear and silence. I believe, one day from prison camps and torture cells and from exile the… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
As with fascism, the rise of Islamic totalitarianism has partly to do with its populist appeal to the class resentments of an economically oppressed population… — Ellen Willis
Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a… — Tim Wise
Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick,… — John Ortberg
When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to… — S. Ansky
We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and… — Kay Bailey Hutchison
Otherwise we get off the track and we do not fulfil the historical role which we want to fulfil: to help the masses, the exploited… — Ernest Mandel
Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the… — John Desmond Bernal

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