Freedom Quote by Miroslav Volf

“Oppression is domesticating. The gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge…

— Paulo Freire

“The so-called what they called "illiterate" people would not remain oppressed forever. The desire for liberation will, indeed, someday manifests itself.”

— Henry Johnson Jr

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

Be rich in expressing yourself in a noble way and you shall never be oppressed without those who can help noticing. Oppression in silence…

— Frank Matobo

“Oppression doesn’t make people noble. Give any of us a little comfort, and we’ll kill to keep it. The despised become despicable.”

— Victor LaValle

“Hatred of oppression still distorts the features, Anger at injustice still makes voices raised and ugly. Oh we, who wished to lay for the…

— Bertolt Brecht

“Oppression is the seed of power; you will plant it against yourself”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings.

— Margaret Atwood

“When a group has internalised their oppression, they may find themselves unable to imagine living without it”

— Malebo Sephodi

“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

... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation.

— Susie Orbach

“But the more significant factor is that one can easily remain free of even the most intense political oppression simply by placing one’s faith…

— Glenn Greenwald