Quote by Pearl Cleage

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

— Sunday Adelaja

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

— Rita Mae Brown

What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough…

— Hugh Masekela

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

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

“Oppression evolves, like everything else.”

— Steve Aylett

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

— Margaret Atwood

The danger of oppression is not just being oppressed, it’s becoming an oppressor,

— Jon Stewart

“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

“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

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

— Sunday Adelaja

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.” Douglass,”

— Ibram X. Kendi