654 Quotes About Oppression

I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive

The elephants are dancing on the graves of squeeling mice.

Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence?

I'm all for fighting tyranny and oppression.

You do not seriously think that your corrupt government is going to uphold your legal rights, do you?

I'm convinced that the deck is so stacked that only a certain number can get through. I happened to be one of that certain number. That's all.

As long as I fight, I am moved by hope; and if I fight with hope, then I can wait.

When free men stand, they will always carry on and lift Liberty yet unfree men shall always struggle to fight for freedom and liberty until they attain it.

Ignore the voice that scorns and ridicules to ensure it does not mold you. Stifling subtleties like these, if unchecked, are oppressive. Freedom is a love supreme birthright, not a privilege to be governed by any other.