Oppression Quotes

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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and… — Lord Acton
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is… — Rita Dove
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls. — W. E. B. Du Bois
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and… — Manning Marable
Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against the brutal oppression… — Eleanor Smeal
We live in a world of wars and wars alarms, of famines, of oppression. While there are many wonderful people in this world, you'll notice… — Frederick Lenz
The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to… — Albert Camus
We must ask the high cadres ... When you suppressed the rights of others to express freely their political views, did you secure your own? — Wei Jingsheng
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave… — Han Suyin
I wish you would stop and seriously consider, as a broad and long-term feminist political strategy, the conversion of women to a woman-identified and woman-directed… — Marilyn Frye
A materialist feminist approach to women's oppression destroys the idea that women are a 'natural group' . . . What the analysis accomplishes on the… — Monique Wittig
A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to… — Edward Gibbon
Twice in my life I have spent two weary and scientifically profitless years seeking evidence to corroborate dearly loved hypotheses that later proved to be… — Peter Medawar
...as long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role… — Noam Chomsky
What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven,… — Friedrich Durrenmatt
If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. — Solomon
I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how… — Ted Cruz
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws… — Caleb Cushing
You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language… — Ariel Dorfman

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