Convince Quote by John Henrik Clarke

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

— Rita Mae Brown

“The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't move.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.

— Tariq Ramadan

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

— Anonymous

“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

Oppression breeds the power to oppose it.

— Andrew Solomon

“When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.”

— Bryant McGill

I don't know why people like being oppressed.

— Candace Owens

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

— Robin Morgan

What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough…

— Hugh Masekela

Oppression is the essence of power.

— Ernst Kaltenbrunner