Bits Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

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

From my membership in all of these groups I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sizes…

— Audre Lorde

I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand…

— Stacey Abrams

Anything that you are achieving that undermines and threatens systems of power will meet with oppression. Systems of power don't say 'thank you.' What's…

— Noam Chomsky

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

— Shulamith Firestone

Oppression is the essence of power.

— Ernst Kaltenbrunner

“Every person has many identities, and experiences those identities in unique ways, depending on location, time, and the rest of who they are. Not…

— Sam Killermann

The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own…

— Andrea Dworkin

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

— Anonymous

While everyone's experience of oppression is different and complicated and often overlapping, I really believe that if you have privilege, you need to learn…

— Kathleen Hanna

I see myself as a person who is pushing back and fighting against oppression in all its forms, centering racial and economic injustice very…

— Jamaal Bowman

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type…

— Talib Kweli