Quotes by Oppression Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled to oppression. Poland's struggle to be Poland and to secure the basic rights we often take for granted, demonstrates why we dare not take those rights for granted. Ronald Reagan oppressionstruggletoday Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. Sam Houston oppressiontexasmay Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. Saul Bellow suppressionaccuracyoppression Resistance to oppression is second nature. Seneca the Younger oppressionresistance We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure. Shirin Ebadi oppressionpressureviews All oppression creates a state of war. Simone de Beauvoir oppressionhistoricalwar Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand. Simone Weil oppressioncrushsides Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. Simone de Beauvoir utilityoppressiontrying Christian ideology has contributed no little to the oppression of woman. Simone de Beauvoir oppressionchristianlittles What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them. Simone Weil economicsoppressionappearance Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation. Simone de Beauvoir feminineoppressionquality The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such. Simone Weil oppressionevolutiongiving If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. Solomon oppressionjusticecountry The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression. Storm Constantine oppressioncompassionway ... within every form of oppression lies the seeds of liberation. Susie Orbach oppressionformlying A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. Tacitus oppressiondesiremen The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression. Tariq Ali functionoppressiondemocracy The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary. Tennessee Celeste Claflin oppressionrevolutionopposites Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson rebellionoppressionobedience Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to the perpetuation of wealth and power in the individuals and their families selected for the trust. Thomas Jefferson oppressionwealthgovernment«12345678910»
