Oppressed Quote by Joseph Hume

Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants.

— Julien Green

“As long as the oppressed remain unaware of the causes of their condition, they fatalistically "accept" their exploitation.”

— Paulo Freire

Who can describe the injustice and the cruelties that in the course of centuries the peoples of color of the world have suffered at…

— Albert Schweitzer

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

— Hosea Ballou

I cannot help but think it perilous to suffer these lands or the sources of their irrigation to fall into the hands of monopolies,…

— Grover Cleveland

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

— Anonymous

Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their…

— Anonymous

In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.

— Paulo Freire

This society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“God who distributed the goods of the earth among the regions and peoples of the earth, has therefore made them no less in the…

— Jozef-Ernest van Roey

Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

— Anonymous