Oppression Quotes
(1 - 10 of 16)He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this more
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many more
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; more
First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided.
[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and more
[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who more
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.
