Inspirational Quote by Eric Hoffer

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors.

— Eric Hoffer

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

— Paulo Freire

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

— Audre Lorde

In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create…

— Paulo Freire

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

— Nelson Mandela

Being a victim of oppression in the United States is not enough to make you revolutionary, just as dropping out of your mother's womb…

— Grace Lee Boggs

In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.

— Paulo Freire

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or sub…

— Paulo Freire

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

'Oppressed' is one of the terms that's very, very sellable and easily thrown around these days because everybody feels it, no matter what side…

— David Draiman

Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them';

— Paulo Freire