Consciousness Quote by Paulo Freire

“One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge men's…

— Paulo Freire

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

— Margaret Atwood

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

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

— Susie Orbach

“When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

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

— Malebo Sephodi

“Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“We have a deep interest in denying the forms of oppression which benefit us.”

— Robin DiAngelo

“When people are kept in abject poverty and illiteracy while others grow rich and “develop their personalities” at the former’s expense we speak of…

— Miroslav Volf

“Oppression evolves, like everything else.”

— Steve Aylett

Oppression is the essence of power.

— Ernst Kaltenbrunner