Against Quote by Tim Wise

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another. It's happened in the USA between white…

— Tim Tebow

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

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.

— Anonymous

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive

— Florynce Kennedy

Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

— Robin Morgan

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

— Anonymous

“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 breeds the power to oppose it.

— Andrew Solomon

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" or "systems of oppression" operate as a shorthand terms in much writing and speaking so that we do not have to list all…

— Dean Spade

Resistance to oppression is second nature.

— Seneca the Younger