Ethnic cleansing Quote by H. N. Ellessy

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

— Audre Lorde

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

— Ibram X. Kendi

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

— Elizabeth Nunez

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

— Paulo Freire

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

— Steven Chuks Nwakokeke

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

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

— Paulo Freire

“...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)”

— Mev Puleo

“We must side with the oppressed on every occasion, even when they are in the wrong, though without losing sight of the fact that…

— Emil M. Cioran

“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“The oppressors, whose tranquility rests on how well people fit the world the oppressors have created, and how little they question it.”

— Paulo Freire

“The worst kind of oppression is when the victims think and talk in the language of their oppressors.”

— M.F. Moonzajer