Oppressive Quotes

162 Oppressive quotes by 145 unique authors

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well. — Rand Paul
Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a… — Jonathan Sacks
It's great that New York has large spaces for art. But the enormous immaculate box has become a dated, even oppressive place. Many of these… — Jerry Saltz
It's interesting that people bring different things to oppressive and difficult situations, when they're reduced to the barest terms of survival. That's what provides tension… — Sharon Salzberg
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. — Herbert Spencer
Doubtless the most miserable of men, under the most oppressive government in the world, if allowed the ballot, would use it, if they could see… — Lysander Spooner
People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots. — Antonio Tabucchi
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought. — Peter Ustinov
What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge… — Jimmy Wales
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. — Henry A. Wallace
This was his world, he said to himself, the sad, oppressive world that God had provided for him, and he was responsible to it. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
S and M is only the expression in the bedroom of an oppressive-submissive relation which can happen also in the kitchen or at the factory,… — Marilyn French
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under… — C.S. Lewis
I detest the idea that love between two persons can lead to salvation. All my life I have fought against this oppressive type of relationship.… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws… — H. L. Mencken
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit… — David Mamet
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."… — Charles Dickens
I believe in the transformative power of cinema. It is only through this shared dream-experience that we can transcend the oppressive minutiae of daily existence… — Daniel Clowes
Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as… — Charlotte Bronte
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view… — Terry Eagleton
Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not… — Bertrand Russell
Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses.... — Laurie Halse Anderson
...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust… — Vladimir Nabokov
In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally… — James W. Loewen
I don't kill people. Perhaps it's just another inhibition to do away with it. Perhaps not. There's really no way of telling. It's possible I've… — Jhonen Vasquez

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