Oppressor Quotes
113 quotes by 76 authors
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If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard…
— Carter G. Woodson
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The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.
— Carter G. Woodson
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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is…
— Anne Lamott
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Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.
— Voltaire
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Even revolution, which transforms a concrete situation of oppression by establishing the process of liberation, must confront this phenomenon. Many of the oppressed who directly…
— Paulo Freire
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And yet every so often, the heart of America, shuddering with indignation, sends a nervous spasm through the gentle back of the Andes, and tumultuous…
— Che Guevara
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In the long run, the oppressor is also a victim. In the short run (and so far, human history has consisted only of short runs),…
— Howard Zinn
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A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has…
— Walter Mosley
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We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to…
— Terry Pratchett
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It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate, wound…
— Bell Hooks
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I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we may succeed in building a better world through human understanding and love, and…
— Dalai Lama
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The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
— Desmond Tutu
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Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.
— Derrick Bell
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Matter of internal security - the age-old cry of the oppressor. Picard
— Gene Roddenberry
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Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the…
— Malcolm X
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The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
— Paulo Freire
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I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've seen such hate…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no…
— Nelson Mandela
Who Wrote These Oppressor Quotes
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