Oppressed Quote by Stephen Bantu Biko

“The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”

— Steve Biko

“The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed”

— Steve Biko

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

— Steven Biko

“The oppressed are sometimes the most rabid of oppressors" (119).”

— Elizabeth Nunez

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

— Ibram X. Kendi

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“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

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

— Louis Farrakhan Muhammad Sr

“To stop oppression, you will first end the tyranny of the oppressors.”

— Steven Chuks Nwakokeke

“The oppressors, whose tranquility rests on how well people fit the world the oppressors have created, and how little they question it.”

— Paulo Freire

“No one, alas, more oppressive than the oppressed.”

— Junot Díaz

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

— Audre Lorde