654 Quotes About Oppression

...den store folkesygdom, kilden til al vor fortræd, er den sort kristendom, som af træle prækes for træle, og hvori hælvedes-straffen og læren om guds-billedet, ifølge hvilken alt fribåret (som menneske-båret) er synd, bare synd, – holder folket ræd, hælvedes-ræd, præste-ræd.

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.

The oppressor is never as free as they think they are

The thing about oppression is this: when you hold someone down, you, too, have to be there to make sure they don't move.

When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse.

Don't oppress, don't accept to be oppressed and you will live free.

Seule l’oppression devrait craindre l’expression complète de la liberté.

We may be powerless to fight injustice, but this doesn’t mean we have to stay silent about oppression. One act of courage can change the course of history.

Honey, I've lived long enough to know that begging your oppressors to spare you never works. You either fight back, or remind the ones you love there’s something still worth fighting for.