Oppressing Quotes

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Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes. — Karl Marx
And with the rape, I was showing why the rape statistics are exaggerated, and saying that date rape was much more complex than the way… — Warren Farrell
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
I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything… — Matthew McConaughey
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our… — Desmond Tutu
I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be… — Malcolm X
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. — Malcolm X
During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred and… — Vladimir Lenin
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the… — Thomas Jefferson
The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them. — Maria Montessori
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others. — Noam Chomsky
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. — Karl Marx
Set the rules on how to live your life, not oppressing and impressing people around you and you wil have a comforable enviroment — Jacent Nakato
It doesn't really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing,… — George Woodcock

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