Quotes About Oppression

wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.

Oppression is the essence of power.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.

Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil.

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.

The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.