Oppression Quotes

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Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. — Anna Lindh
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers,… — Adam Weishaupt
Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. — Jane Rule
Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. — John Charles Polanyi
Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their… — Isabel Paterson
...secession, like any other REVOLUTIONARY ACT, may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression; but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the… — Andrew Jackson
The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not granted by the… — Edmund Morgan
It won't ruin our movement if someone gets killed in an animal rights action. It's going to happen sooner or later. The Animal Liberation Front,… — Jerry Vlasak
I think violence is part of the struggle against oppression. If something bad happens to these people [animal researchers], it will discourage others. It is… — Jerry Vlasak
It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who… — Jean Vanier
McEwan's Atonementâ€¦truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the pastâ€¦. The middle section of… — Noah Richler
Do everything possible so that liberty is victorious over oppression, justice over injustice, love over hate. — Ignacio Ellacuria
Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If… — Tatyana Tolstaya
In a world full of war, famine, oppression, deceit, monotony, whatâ€”apart from the eternal innocence of animalsâ€”offers an image of hope? A mother with a… — Harry Mulisch
Anti-Semitism is nothing but the antagonistic attitude produced in the non-Jew by the Jewish group. This is a normal social reaction. The Jewish group has… — Albert Einstein
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. — Assata Shakur
Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples that they do… — Barbara Tuchman
Here the oppression of women is very subtle. If we take female circumcision, the excision of the clitoris, it is done physically in Egypt. But… — Nawal El Saadawi

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