Oppressed Quote by Paulo Freire

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

— Sunday Adelaja

“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.”

— Paulo Freire

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”

— Audre Lorde

“The oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this…

— Paulo Freire

“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

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

— Robin DiAngelo

“Could people be oppressed in the name of freedom?”

— Open University

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“We who are oppressed love those who fight against oppression.”

— Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr

Being oppressed means the absence of choices

— Bell Hooks

“Like any oppressed people, they defined themselves by what offended them, which”

— Stacy Schiff

“We must side with the oppressed on every occasion, even when they are in the wrong, though without losing sight of the fact that…

— Emil M. Cioran