Great men Quote by Walter Rodney

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.

— Paulo Freire

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or sub…

— Paulo Freire

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

— Ibram X. Kendi

Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many:…

— Mark Twain

The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.

— Clare Boothe Luce

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

— Paulo Freire

“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

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

— Steve Biko

“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

Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants.

— Julien Green

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.

— Paulo Freire