Quotes About Oppression

Want to talk third wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break at Fort Lauderdale, getting drunk, and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to even know she's in distress.

you ever been trapped in a world where you're everyone's worst nightmare?

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.

You study any pretty democracy, from the ancient Greeks forward, and you'll see that the only way each system functions is with a working class of slaves. Peons to haul the garbage so the upper crust can campaign and vote.

Nuestro deber es enseñar a esos hombres y mujeres la libertad a través de la esclavitud; y el coraje a través del miedo.

People really need somebody they feel superior to. So stay downtrodden.

Lecturing the assembled publicists and stylists, my mom says that if any aboriginal peoples or primitive tribe still does not celebrate her acting, that's only because those subjugated native cultures find themselves oppressed by an evil, fundamentalist form of religion. Their budding appreciation of her films is obviously being quashed by some devilish imam or patriarchal ayatollah or witch doctor.

A fin de crear una raza de amos a partir de una raza de esclavos, dice el señor Whittier, a fin de enseñar a un grupo controlado de gente a crear sus propias vidas, Moisés tuvo que ser un cabrón.

Want to talk third-wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break at Fort Lauderdale, getting drunk, and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to even know she's in distress.

Sie sind glücklich, wie Menschen glücklich sind, wenn sie Bücher verbrennen oder Könige enthaupten. Die sind rechtschaffen.

Imagine how you'd feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn't stand. No, everybody

Onlar? köleleÅŸtirerek, bu insanlara özgürlüÄŸün ne demek olduÄŸunu göstermek zorunday?z. Onlar? korkutarak, cesaretin ne olduÄŸunu göstermek zorunday?z.

The Empire is a thug, a bully. It's no better than Surat Nuat, or Black Sun, or the syndicate of Hutts. The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice.

The Empire's weapon may be destroyed, but the Empire itself lives on. Its oppressive hand closes around the throats of good, free-thinking people across the galaxy, from the Coruscant Core to the farthest systems in the Outer Rim. We must remember that our fight continues. Our rebellion is over. But the war…the war is just beginning.

The Empire must fall.

Naughty business, this Empire.

The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice.

And how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally. Palpatine

The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice. The

The Empire's weapon may be destroyed, but the Empire itself lives on.

Men always want to put us in boxes," Miranda says finally. "They want to keep us there, out of sight, out of mind. Make our limbs weak so we can't fight back. They would very much prefer us to be props—a rack, perhaps, to hold up their hats, a shelf to display their trophies.

There was always someone like that out there, ready to ride their hate like a horse and gallop right over anybody who wasn't like them, who had what they wanted. Someone always wanted to bathe in blood. Because hate like that didn't stay quiet.

This was a house of foul breath and bad dreams.

The Empire is just a skin we wear, you see. A shell. It's not just about law and order. It's about total control.