Inspirational Quote by Nelson Mandela

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.

— Paulo Freire

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom…

— Nelson Mandela

Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

“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

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom…

— Nelson Mandela

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

— Barbara Deming

“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

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

— Paulo Freire

Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's…

— Florynce Kennedy

Oppressed people are frequendy very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on their neck…

— Florynce Kennedy