Oppression Quotes

608 quotes by 419 authors

The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you.… — Muhammad
Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefiting no one except those who are ambitious and ruthless… — Doug Casey
We are a conspiracy of hope and we are pressing back against the strong tide of oppression which for centuries has been the legacy of… — Patricia Deegan
People sometimes say that we will know feminism has done its job when half the CEOs are women. Thatâ€™s not feminism; to quote Catharine MacKinnon,… — Lierre Keith
Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression. — Harold H. Bloomfield
It is not enough to call yourself a feminist because you are a strong woman. Thatcher was an enemy to feminism, as is Nadine Dorries.… — Julie Bindel
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in God, and God… — George W. Bush
People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the… — Friedrich Engels
Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Intemperance is naturally punished with diseases; rashness, with mischance; injustice; with violence of enemies; pride, with ruin; cowardice, with oppression; and rebellion, with slaughter. — Thomas Hobbes
[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the final minutes of… — Nick Hornby
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows… — John Jay Chapman
Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy. — Jorge Luis Borges
If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can detect oppression and inequality… — Jonathan Haidt
That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and when… — Ezra Taft Benson
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was… — Assata Shakur
Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and… — Huey Newton
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to… — H. Rap Brown
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction… — Errico Malatesta

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