Any Quote by Gao Xingjian

“Radical expansions of power are often introduced in this way, by persuading people that they affect just a specific, discrete group. Governments have long…

— Glenn Greenwald

For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so…

— Kate Millett

If you have a society where a large section believe they are not part of the political discourse, that is a situation for trouble.

— Ken Loach

What is called politics is comparatively something so superficial and inhuman, that practically I have never fairly recognized that it concerns me at all.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Manal al-Sharif

The political classes are despised when they deal in sound bites, embrace tokenistic campaigns and feather their own nests while trying to please all…

— Ann Widdecombe

When any of us meet someone who rejects dominant norms and values, we feel a little less crazy for doing the same. Any act…

— Charles Eisenstein

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

— Jimmy Carter

Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority.

— Noam Chomsky

Oppression breeds the power to oppose it.

— Andrew Solomon

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

— Robert A. Heinlein

There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little…

— Michael Eric Dyson