Individual Quote by Florynce Kennedy

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

— Anonymous

Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's…

— Florynce Kennedy

“Weight and body oppression is oppressive to everyone. When you live in a society that says that one kind of body is bad and…

— Golda Poretsky

Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while…

— John D'Agata

Oppressed people are frequendy very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on their neck…

— Florynce Kennedy

What you must understand is oppression does not end with the niggers. It does not end with the poor people, it doesn't end with…

— Florynce Kennedy

To me, when you're at a hotel and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit…

— Matt Bomer

The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which…

— Audre Lorde

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

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

— Manal al-Sharif

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

— Herbert Spencer

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on…

— Jordan Peterson