Fellow man Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

— George Mason

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

— Nelson Mandela

Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to…

— Matthew Henry

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is…

— Henry Clay

For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.

— Walter Rodney

He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate…

— Saadi

“He who is given power will inevitably become an oppressor and exploiter of society.”

— Mikhail Bakunin

When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which otherwise would…

— Muhammad Ali

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

— James Madison

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

— Baron de Montesquieu