654 Quotes About Oppression

My biggest fear is that the enlightened Arab thinkers are gong to leave the Arab world in search of fresh air: somewhere far away from the sword of the religious authorities.

Political scientists and professors are the new clergy; the clergy of oppression.

You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore.

Why did Irish people vote to introduce gay marriage? Because we know what discrimination feels like and if we can take the boot of oppression off someone else's throat, we'll do it every time.

Notwithstanding the memories of slavery, and in the face poverty, ignorance, terrorism, and subjugation still deeply woven into their lives, the embittered past of blacks was taken onto a much higher plane of intellectual and artistic consideration during the Renaissance.

You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society.

No one is more vulnerable to fear than a man who keeps another in bondage. He will do anything to prevent justice from rearing its head — for he knows well what he deserves at the hands of those he subjugates.

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.

Jeg er nu nætop højtidelig udstødt af Grundtvigs lejr – fordi jeg ikke kan, ikke vil have ”djævelen” med udi samme lejr.