oppression Quotes

“All oppression creates a state of war.”

― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

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“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”

― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has...”

― Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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“Besides this, one cannot by fair dealing, and without injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire...”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her—Europe...”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?”

― Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet

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“This would be a hazardous life, and I would be apart from my family, but when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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“Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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“Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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