66 quotes found
“The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”
“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to und...”
“Unless institutional power reinforces the hurt and prejudice suffered by a group, it is not oppression. By definition, a person of color cannot be racist, or a woman sexist, because they do not hav...”
“As I'd seen over and again, people who see themselves as victims sometimes don't notice when they become oppressors.”
“I know you're competent and your thesis advisor knows you're competent. The question in our minds is are you really serious about what you're doing?"This was said to a young woman who had already s...”
“When we place ourselves in a position of judgment, then we turn ourselves into oppressors. Healthy self-esteem cannot exist side-by-side with oppression of any kind.”
“ThatNeed to knowYour enemyTo surviveIs bitter.”
“One would never defeat one's circumstances by working and saving one's pennies; one would never, by working, acquire that many pennies, and, besides, the social treatment accorded even the most suc...”
“...people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
“Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence?”
“The revolution of today is the oppression of tomorrow.”
“The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.”
“You know and I know that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too early. We cannot be free until they are free.”
“We do not require mans religion for salvation. We do not believe in anything that forces people to keep their places in this world.”
“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.”
“No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.”
“e have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen, all for the glory of God and the good of souls. The slave auctioneer's b...”
“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 opposition presses (OPPRESSION) one has to persevere, press, push back but never allow yourself to be pressed like a grape unless the juice is your victory wine.”
