Quote by Emil M. Cioran

“Do not be with the oppressor, help the oppressed and prevent the oppressor from being unfair.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.”

— Paulo Freire

“We who are oppressed love those who fight against oppression.”

— Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr

“Individuals with greed for power see others as elements to be oppressed.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Our devotion should center on the cause of the oppressed, the tyrannized, the humiliated and hurt masses that have no place at the table,…

— Henry Johnson Jr

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.” Douglass,”

— Ibram X. Kendi

“The oppressed are sometimes the most rabid of oppressors" (119).”

— Elizabeth Nunez

“To stop oppression, you will first end the tyranny of the oppressors.”

— Steven Chuks Nwakokeke

“There are no worse oppressors than those who have been oppressed themselves. For they will justify all means of self-preservation, including the persecution and…

— H. N. Ellessy

“If we consider our own reasoning to be absolutely right and the center of our focus is upon ourselves, we will feel oppressed by…

— Russell M. Stendal

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”

— Audre Lorde