Quotes About Oppression

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.

Small tyrants, threatened by big, sincerely believethey love liberty.

When people don't understand the meaning of freedom in their lives, they will continue to live as if they're still oppressed.

It is a tragedy beyond the power of language to convey when what has been imposed on women by force becomes a standard of freedom for women: and all the women say it is so.

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.

In the United States, people don't revolt in order to obtain freedom, but continue denying it to others.

No nation's flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of misguided allegiance.

It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.

Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.

Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout

Guys die down here on a regular basis-that's the reality. They die here for a nickel. They are killed for a piece of change or because somebody looks at somebody wrong.

I'm a tyrant for freedom and a rebel to tyranny.

When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre.

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.

Everyone has a dream sensing liberation. Even the strictest dictator would want freedom.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves however contented never know

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.