Quotes about Oppression

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It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwor — Horace Greeley
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus — Audre Lorde
Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it' — Malcolm X
And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to e — Wilhelm Reich, Beyond Psychology: Letters and Journals, 1934-1939
Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But what is freedom, if t — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of t — Ayn Rand, We the Living
The core of liberation theology is profoundly "theologal" - that is, rooted in the very nature of God. You see, there's — Mev Puleo, The Struggle Is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. — Anne Bradstreet
To stop oppression, you will first end the tyranny of the oppressors. — Steven Chuks Nwakokeke
Everyone who is not happy must be shot. — John le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl
[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light. — Christine de Pizan, Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
The compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope. — Bertolt Brecht
As long as I fight, I am moved by hope; and if I fight with hope, then I can wait. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and di — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Let them shoot us in the head,My blood will grow rootsand will blossom. — Visar Zhiti, The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
Sadly, atheists are becoming everything they aren't supposed to be: obnoxious, oppressive, loud, pushy, smug, condescend — Rebecca McNutt
In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, — Eugene V. Debs, Voices of a People's History of the United States
The abiding western dominology can with religion sanction identify anything dark, profound, or fluid with a revolting ch — Catherine Keller, Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming
London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the estab — Nick Cohen
It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the — Wilhelm Reich, Listen, Little Man!