Quotes About Oppression

In the cell was a rack, a winch, a furnace, a set of branding irons, a pot for melting wax, nails of different lengths. A thumbscrew, a pair of flesh-tongs, heavy tweezers, a set of surgical instruments, a series of small metal trays, ropes, wire, preparations of quicklime, a hood and a blindfold.

Toplum kad?nlar? topal b?rak?r ve onlar? sakat yaratm?? olan sanki Tanr?, DoÄŸa ya da genetik faktörlermiÅŸ gibi davran?r.

you believe that if every person had enough money, enough work, enough leisure, enough learning, that if they were not oppressed by those above them, or fearful of those below them, humankind would be perfected? Byron asked this in his negative drawl

MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are. -

Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.

Finance is a slave's word.

Man is born free but today everywhere he is in chains.

L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.

Aristotle . . . said that men were not at all euqal by nature, since some were born for slavery and others born to be masters. Aristotle was right; but he mistook the effect for the cause . . . if there are slaves by nature, it is only because there has been slavery against nature. Force made the first slaves; and their cowardice perpetuates their slavery.

Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.

the despot assures his subjects civil tranquillity.

Those who distinguish civil from theological intolerance are, to my mind, mistaken

La force a fait les premiers esclaves, leur lâcheté les a perpétués.

Les peuples une fois accoutumés à des maîtres ne sont plus en état de s'en passer. S'ils tentent de secouer le joug, ils s'éloignent d'autant plus de la liberté, que, prenant pour elle une licence effrénée qui lui est opposée, leurs révolutions les livrent presque toujours à des séducteurs qui ne font qu'aggraver leurs chaînes.

Grocio niega que todo poder humano se haya establecido en favor de los gobernados, y pone por ejemplo la esclavitud. La manera de discurrir, que más constantemente usa, consiste en establecer el derecho por el hecho.(1) Bien podría emplearse un método más consecuente, pero no se hallaría uno que fuese más favorable a los tiranos.

mientras que un pueblo se ve forzado a obedecer, hace bien, si obedece; tan pronto como puede sacudir el yugo, si lo sacude, obra mucho mejor; pues recobrando su libertad por el mismo derecho con que se la han quitado, o tiene motivos para recuperarla, o no tenían ninguno para privarle de ella los que tal hicieron. Pero el orden social es un derecho sagrado que sirve de base a todos los demás. Este derecho, sin embargo, no viene de la naturaleza; luego se funda en convenciones.

This is how in every condition the guilty strong person saves himself at the expense of the innocent weak one...

Reconcile those who are at strife, prevent lawsuits; incline children to duty, fathers to kindness; promote happy marriages; prevent annoyances; freely use the credit of your pupil's parents on behalf of the weak who cannot obtain justice, the weak who are oppressed by the strong. Be just, human, kindly. Do

Objektif bak?mdan, ezilenlerin teselli olarak bir Tanr?'ya inanmalar?, halk y???nlar?n? mücadeleden uzaklaÅŸt?rmaktan baÅŸka bir sonuç vermez.

Todo hombre nacido en la esclavitud, nace para la esclavitud; nada

Todo hombre nacido en la esclavitud, nace para la esclavitud; nada más cierto.

El mismo que se considera señor de los demás no por esto deja de ser menos esclavo que los demás.

sólo hay esclavos por naturaleza, porque los ha habido contrariando sus leyes. La fuerza ha hecho los primeros esclavos, su cobardía los ha perpetuado.