Oppressions Quotes

28 quotes by 15 authors

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. — Edmund Burke
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions.… — Thomas Jefferson
You are Christians; find out what is true and false in Christianity - and you will then find out what is true. Find out what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always… — Abraham Lincoln
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
I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness… — Audre Lorde
There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions — Audre Lorde
Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions. — Victor Hugo
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
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance. — Aldous Huxley
Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude. — Adrienne Rich
If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by… — Frederick Douglass
In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the majority will extend… — Edmund Burke
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
If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal… — Audre Lorde
The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice. — Robert H. Jackson
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. — Thomas Jefferson
If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the… — Lysander Spooner

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