Oppression Quotes

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Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations. — David O. McKay
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression.… — W. E. B. Du Bois
You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact,… — Learned Hand
I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre's hive of oppression and not suffer some form of an emotional… — Charlie Sheen
Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion-I've worked with my best friends in direct competition. — Diane Sawyer
Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full. — Leon Trotsky
Marriage can be a religious thing. It can also be a secular thing. And guess what? Not everyone in the world is of the same… — Hank Green
It is a revolution that came to power with its own army and on the ruins of the army of oppression. — Che Guevara
At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral to subject our… — Nelson Mandela
Anything that you are achieving that undermines and threatens systems of power will meet with oppression. Systems of power don't say 'thank you.' What's important… — Noam Chomsky
Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and… — Audre Lorde
History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression. — Helen Keller
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to… — Thomas Jefferson
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that… — Henri Nouwen
As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies cannot… — Edwin Percy Whipple
There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination, in the response — Julian Assange
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong… — Leon Trotsky
White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others. — Bell Hooks
Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and… — Desmond Tutu
Resistance to oppression is second nature. — Seneca the Younger

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