Ability Quote by Jimmy Wales

Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.

— Martin Dansky

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

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for…

— Ella Baker

“To the less privileged it was this arbitrariness that made the regime's power feel so oppressive. There were no clear principles or regulations which…

— Orlando Figes

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

— Manal al-Sharif

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

— Leonard Read

“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

The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people…

— Thomas Jefferson

The minority has discovered a powerful help in influencing majorities. It has been found possible so to mold the mind of the masses that…

— Edward Bernays

“the benefits of a dictatorship: Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let one percent of the…

— Mo Gawdat

“The genocide had exposed the dangers of a country overly reliant on aid, illuminated the perils of government power concentrated in too few hands…

— Jacqueline Novogratz