Activism Quote by Seyla Benhabib

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

— Bryant McGill

“The great and the mighty that use their assets and power to subjugate people are demonstrating oppression.”

— Sunday Adelaja

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

— Robin DiAngelo

“Hatred of oppression still distorts the features, Anger at injustice still makes voices raised and ugly. Oh we, who wished to lay for the…

— Bertolt Brecht

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“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

“In short, the abusive mentality is the mentality of oppression.”

— Lundy Bancroft

“Oppression evolves, like everything else.”

— Steve Aylett

“Oppression is domesticating. The gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge…

— Paulo Freire

“It’s the same problem we struggle with when it comes to marginalizing our privilege, power, or position as we focus on the voices and…

— Richard Beck

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

— Sunday Adelaja

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

— Open University