Quotes with oppression

  • Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more.
  • He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

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  • Napoleon Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Joseph Addison No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Bell Hooks ...there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Brendan I. Koerner A small-time hoodlum who had spent most of the 1960s at San Quentin State Prison in California, the 30-year-old Bryant claimed that he hijacked Flight 97 under orders from his higher-ups in the Black Panther Party; he said his mission was to arrange for the purchase of bazookas to aid the organization's struggle against oppression.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Simone de Beauvoir All oppression creates a state of war.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Tatyana Tolstaya Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.
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  • Bram Fischer As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.
    Bram Fischer
    South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist (1908 - 1975)
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  • Assata Shakur Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Huey Newton Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.
    Revolutionary Suicide (2009)
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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  • Assata Shakur Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
    Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Luis Bunuel God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.
    Luis Bunuel
    Spanish director (1900 - 1983)
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  • Bob Riley Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Thomas Paine 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.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Arthur Henderson He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Richard Dawkins I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • Assata Shakur I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Carl Rowan It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Alva Myrdal Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • William Penn 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.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Anna Sewell Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
    Anna Sewell
    English novelist (1820 - 1878)
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