Quotes About Oppression

I think that Russia was like a lot of other countries, a lot of empires, in being a tyranny up until the early 20th century. Then Russia had something that no other country has had, which is the longest totalitarian experiment in history.

Historically, art and music and writing and film have been one of the only tools that is effective against tyranny.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It's to save the oppressed. That's what religion is for.

Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

A dictator keeps control and leads. A tyrant is someone selfish who destroys.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.

No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

Colonel Qaddafi's tyranny was absolutist, monarchical, and personal. The problem with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant lives, he reigns and terrorizes.

Tyrants and dictators have incited hatred against ethnic and religious minorities for centuries in order to consolidate power for themselves.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Muslims have been subjected to so many tyrants and oppressive regimes. That's what the Arab Spring was about, but the problem comes in trying to direct a revolution.

Modern tyrants are terror managers. Do not allow your shock to be turned against your freedom.

The 'Axis of Evil' was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

The big tyrants never face justice.