Fantasy Quote by N.K. Jemisin

“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”

— N.K. Jemisin

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

— Mikhail Bakunin

“No one, alas, more oppressive than the oppressed.”

— Junot Díaz

“Do not be with the oppressor, help the oppressed and prevent the oppressor from being unfair.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free.”

— James Allen

“There are no worse oppressors than those who have been oppressed themselves. For they will justify all means of self-preservation, including the persecution and…

— H. N. Ellessy

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“The oppressed are sometimes the most rabid of oppressors" (119).”

— Elizabeth Nunez

“Individuals with greed for power see others as elements to be oppressed.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes…

— Nelson Mandela

“Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.”

— Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire