Oppression Quotes

608 quotes by 408 authors

Celtic Tiger portrays the oppression of a people and the tiger symbolises the awakening of their Spirit and their struggle for freedom. Celtic Tiger is… — Michael Flatley
The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others. — Beverly Daniel Tatum
I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of… — Bo Gritz
Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration… — Aurora Levins Morales
Starting from the very reasonable, but unfortunately revolutionary concept that social practices which threaten the continuation of life on Earth must be changed, we need… — Judi Bari
Neither the chains of dictatorship nor the fetters of oppression can keep down the forces of freedom for long. — Angela Merkel
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and… — Jean O'Leary
Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression. — Fatos Nano
Let me tell you humans something. You are not fighters. You donâ€™t have what it takes to actually change your current living situations. You canâ€™t… — Charles Lee
To us it seems incredible that the Greek philosophers should have scanned so deeply into right and wrong and yet never noticed the immorality of… — Brigid Brophy
Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists, they… — James H. Cone
A free man - is a man who is free internally. As all other people, externally he or she depends on society. Internally he or… — Simon Soloveychik
The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression. For the one aims at perpetuating resented injustice,… — C L R James
Growth is the surviving influence in all our lives. The tree will send up its trunk in thick profusion from land burned black by atom… — Chester Himes
The fact that 'Scrubs' is so popular in Israel is very important to me. I feel like I'm helping to cancel out the thousands of… — Zach Braff
Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause mankind! It is… — Albert Einstein
In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of… — Frederic Bastiat
...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy, neither… — Pope Pius X
Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one… — Unknown Author
Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the… — Noam Chomsky

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