Oppression Quotes

608 quotes by 408 authors

Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression in the family… — Bell Hooks
When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as… — Bell Hooks
..the struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Individuals who fight for the… — Bell Hooks
Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my… — Leon Trotsky
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong;… — Booker T. Washington
No woman should ever lie about another woman. You've violated the sacred covenant between women! How will stabbing one another in the back help women… — John Green
Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is… — Marc Bekoff
The fall of one regime does not bring in a utopia. Rather, it opens the way for hard work and long efforts to build more… — Gene Sharp
The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations,… — Helen Keller
So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be… — Victor Hugo
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while… — Eric Hoffer
In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat… — Jane Addams
Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their… — Steven Biko
For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these… — Natsuo Kirino
When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand. — Jimmy Carter
[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself… — John Stott
standing in line is a form of oppression — John Green
In this way, writers are indeed, as Henry Miller suggested, traitors to the human race. We may turn a light on inequity, injustice, and oppression… — Anthony Bourdain
Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught… — Gary L. Francione
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets,… — Carol J. Adams

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