Arise Quote by Sheila Rowbotham

Being oppressed means the absence of choices

— Bell Hooks

“Moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side a gesture…

— Bell Hooks

“Oppression is built on a series of assumptions, and if they begin to crumble, the system is in grave danger. The assumptions have got…

— Pearl Cleage

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

— Margaret Atwood

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

— Cornel West

'Oppressed' is one of the terms that's very, very sellable and easily thrown around these days because everybody feels it, no matter what side…

— David Draiman

A status not freely chosen or entered into by an individual or a group is necessarily one of oppression and the oppressed are by…

— Lorraine Hansberry

Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be a magic…

— Tammy Baldwin

Be rich in expressing yourself in a noble way and you shall never be oppressed without those who can help noticing. Oppression in silence…

— Frank Matobo

Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the…

— Robert Kennedy

In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression not as…

— Paulo Freire

“As a result of this greed for power, the poor is not only silenced but also oppressed.”

— Sunday Adelaja