Oppression Quotes

“Theatre of the Oppressed”

“One oppression does not justify another.”

“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”

“Let there be no hostility
Except to those
Who practice oppression.”

“The more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy.”

“Oppression follows logically from exploitation, so as to guarantee the latter.”

“All oppressive regimes become stronger through the degradation of the oppressed.”

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”

“The war of the poor against the rich is the only way from oppression to deliverance.”

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”

“Wikipedia: Oppression”

“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“The poor were wise, who, by the rich oppressed,
Withdrew, and sought a secret place of rest.”

“Your laugh should be such that it should induce courage to the oppressed and fear to the oppressor.”

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”

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“Wiktionary: Oppression”

“Only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.”

“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”

“The universal law of human nature: Where there is oppression there is resistance, and “where oppression grows, resistance grows.””