Quotes About Oppression

The tyranny of Communism is as old as the Pharaohs and the Pyramids - that the State stands above all men and their individual aspirations.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

Orwell's '1984' convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley's 'Brave New World' suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Let us rise to the call of freedom-loving blood that is in us, and send our answer to the tyranny that clanks its chains upon the South.

We must heed the call of action and, with courageous steps and humble hearts, work against tyranny.

Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

I just became what I call an 'anti-fascist novelist.' There is no word that covers both the fascists and the Communists, which mean different things to people, but of course they're the same: they're tyranny states.