Oppressed Justification Quote by Ibram X. Kendi

“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

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“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

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

— Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr

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

— Elizabeth Nunez

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

— Audre Lorde

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

— Paulo Freire

“The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”

— Steve Biko

“Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“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

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

— Steven Chuks Nwakokeke

“Oppression is built on a series of assumptions, and if they begin to crumble, the system is in grave danger. The assumptions have got…

— Pearl Cleage