Bleakness Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.

— Hany Abu-Assad

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

— John Henrik Clarke

Oppression is more easily endured than insult.

— Junius

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.

— Tim Wise

The more that I learn about what's going on, it's really hard to ignore the oppression that people are actually going through.

— Malcolm Jenkins

“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

Liberate yourself with the idea that you can be free from the chains of oppression.

— Jeremy Limn

People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just…

— Assata Shakur

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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