654 Quotes About Oppression

. . . language has been one of the first tools deployed in efforts to oppress others. Words are how we process the world, how we form our societies, how we codify our morals . . . All oppression in race, class, gender, ability, religion -- it all began with words.

La femme africaine, en particulier la femme gabonaise, ne doit jamais craindre l’échec. Malgré les oppressions qui attaquent son quotidien, elle se doit d’être intrépide afin de défendre ses droits ; aussi le faire avec classe et intégrité.

The fight for greater equality is not a zero sum game; demonizing all members one group to the advantage of another is not progress but oppression.

The greatest power one human being can exert over others is to control their perceptions of reality, and infringe on the integrity and individuality of their world. This is done in politics, in psychotherapy.

...if charity begins at home, empire begins in other men's homes.

When a woman rises to declare her independence, the whole mechanism of society conspires to push her down again.

Do well to impress; don't depress, suppress or oppress anyone. Inspire a soul; never despise!

It is increasingly difficult for social justice activists to advocate – with a clear conscience – for women, the poor, or immigrants while eating other animals or consuming the nursing milk of cattle. Animal activists are exposing the links that connect the oppression of nonhuman animals with human oppression.

But activists must not work against one another in their single-minded dedication to one specific cause. Those fighting to protect horses must not eat cattle. We do well to specialize, we do not do so well if we specialize without knowledge of interlocking oppressions—or without the application of thatknowledge.