Oppressive Quotes

162 quotes by 145 authors

In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to smoke, he has… — George Eliot
Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
I was so tired of her getting upset for no reason. The way she would get sulky and make references to the freaking oppressive nature… — John Green
Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents' expectations. This feeling… — Alice Miller
It is folly to believe that Congress and the president, on their own, will make the necessary and difficult decisions to address the impending financial… — Mark Levin
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British.… — Nathaniel Philbrick
We live in a complicated, oppressive world with enormous cities and vast populations, and I try to contribute by making it more light and open… — Moshe Safdie
I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during… — Rafael Cruz
I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive feeling was in… — Al Jolson
August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame.… — Henry Rollins
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of… — Noam Chomsky
The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for… — Oliver Ellsworth
I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition to Somoza; Somoza… — Gioconda Belli
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. — Auberon Herbert
Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive. — John Griffin Carlisle
Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something… — Walter Kaufmann
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive. — Florynce Kennedy
Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas… — Daley Thompson
Inherently within the temperamental soul of humanity lies a shivering and thoroughly jealous irrational thought of death. Life has such a fickle intense passion, always… — Johnny Luckett
The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde. — Jonathan Miller

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