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Oppressed Quotes

The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was, yet these 13 little scrawny states, tired of taxation without representation, tired of being exploited and oppressed and degraded, told that big British Empire, liberty or death Picture Quote #1

The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother’s keeper Picture Quote #1

Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed Picture Quote #1

But see, my idea on the whole thing is, hey, it’s not the responsibility of marginalized, oppressed people to educate everyone. I personally wouldn’t put myself in that position and go out there and do my schtick in front of the Red Hot Chili Peppers fan guys... because, you know Picture Quote #1

I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them Picture Quote #1

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I think the reason why people love ‘Downton Abbey’ is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed Picture Quote #1

Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes Picture Quote #1

The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to admit its downside Picture Quote #1

We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity Picture Quote #1

Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an oppressed minority. This is such a lie. American women are the most fortunate class of people who ever lived on the face of the earth Picture Quote #1

Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed Picture Quote #1

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We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and will be the victims of God’s divine wrath Picture Quote #1

Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow Picture Quote #1

Death is not an eternal sleep! Citizens! efface from the tomb that motto, graven by sacrilegious hands, which spreads over all nature a funereal crape, takes from oppressed innocence its support, and affronts the beneficent dispensation of death! Inscribe rather thereon these words: Death is the commencement of immortality! Picture Quote #1

I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right Picture Quote #1

Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they’re going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn’t a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated Picture Quote #1

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Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can’t love what we won’t experience Picture Quote #1

As long as the writer cannot write for the two billion men who are hungry, he will be oppressed by a feeling of malaise Picture Quote #1

Youth has a right to go astray now and then Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence Picture Quote #1

Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain Picture Quote #1

You are persecuted and despised. It were better that a person should be the oppressed than that he should be the oppressor; and fitter that he should be a victim to the frailty of human instincts than that he should be powerful and crush the flowers of life and disfigure the beauties of feeling with his desire Picture Quote #1

Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith Picture Quote #1

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Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself Picture Quote #1

In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed Picture Quote #1

There are nations, where people live in captivity, fear and silence. I believe, one day from prison camps and torture cells and from exile the leaders of freedom will emerge. The world should stand with those oppressed people until the day of their freedom finally arrives Picture Quote #1

...the stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed - that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved Picture Quote #1

When I started giving talks about women’s history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, ‘Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.’ It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point Picture Quote #1

The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God Picture Quote #1

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Women are the only ‘oppressed’ group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV. (Oppressed Quotes) The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was, yet these 13 little scrawny states, tired of taxation without representation, tired of being exploited and oppressed and degraded, told that big British Empire, liberty or death. (Oppressed Quotes) The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother’s keeper. (Oppressed Quotes) Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed. (Oppressed Quotes) But see, my idea on the whole thing is, hey, it’s not the responsibility of marginalized, oppressed people to educate everyone. I personally wouldn’t put myself in that position and go out there and do my schtick in front of the Red Hot Chili Peppers fan guys... because, you know... (Oppressed Quotes) I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them. (Oppressed Quotes) I think the reason why people love ‘Downton Abbey’ is because all the characters are given the same weight. Some are nice, some are not, but it has nothing to do with class or oppressors versus the oppressed. (Oppressed Quotes) Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes. (Oppressed Quotes) The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to admit its downside. (Oppressed Quotes) We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity. (Oppressed Quotes) Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an oppressed minority. This is such a lie. American women are the most fortunate class of people who ever lived on the face of the earth. (Oppressed Quotes) Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed. (Oppressed Quotes) We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and will be the victims of God’s divine wrath. (Oppressed Quotes) Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. (Oppressed Quotes) Death is not an eternal sleep! Citizens! efface from the tomb that motto, graven by sacrilegious hands, which spreads over all nature a funereal crape, takes from oppressed innocence its support, and affronts the beneficent dispensation of death! Inscribe rather thereon these words: Death is the commencement of immortality! (Oppressed Quotes) I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right. (Oppressed Quotes) Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they’re going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently. (Oppressed Quotes) I don’t mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn’t a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated. (Oppressed Quotes) Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can’t love what we won’t experience. (Oppressed Quotes) As long as the writer cannot write for the two billion men who are hungry, he will be oppressed by a feeling of malaise. (Oppressed Quotes) Youth has a right to go astray now and then Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence (Oppressed Quotes) Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain. (Oppressed Quotes) You are persecuted and despised. It were better that a person should be the oppressed than that he should be the oppressor; and fitter that he should be a victim to the frailty of human instincts than that he should be powerful and crush the flowers of life and disfigure the beauties of feeling with his desire. (Oppressed Quotes) Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith. (Oppressed Quotes) Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself. (Oppressed Quotes) In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed. (Oppressed Quotes) There are nations, where people live in captivity, fear and silence. I believe, one day from prison camps and torture cells and from exile the leaders of freedom will emerge. The world should stand with those oppressed people until the day of their freedom finally arrives. (Oppressed Quotes) ...the stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed - that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved. (Oppressed Quotes) When I started giving talks about women’s history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, ‘Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.’ It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point. (Oppressed Quotes) The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God. (Oppressed Quotes)

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