Quotes About Oppression

In dictatorships you need courage to fight evil; in the free world you need courage to see evil.

For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.

Men live by rules they've made for themselves. And among those rules is one specifying that women are merely commodities for men to possess. A daughter belongs to her father, a wife to her husband. A woman's own desires present obstacles for men and are best ignored.

Ever since I was a child I used to hear my father say: 'If the price we pay for freedom is high, we pay a much higher price if we accept to be slaves.

She replied that it was precisely men well versed in religion who beat their wives. The precepts of religion permitted such punishment. A virtuous woman was not supposed to complain about her husband. Her duty was perfect obedience.

Throughout the thirty years of our life together the authorities have given us no respite. They were after us all the time. If we published a magazine, they closed it down. If we started a project they prevented us from carrying it through. If we established an association they told us we were breaking the laws and banned its activities. Now they were driving us out of the country.

They said,"You are a savage and dangerous woman.I am speaking the truth.And the truth is savage and dangerous".

In our country we use different words [than feminism] which mean the liberation or the emancipation of women. Of course I believe in the emancipation of women. It will change a lot of things in society for the better. But, you know, the class patriarchal system under which we live oppresses men too and the discrimination from which women suffer is not good for the life of men. Don't you think so?

Now I realised that the least deluded of all woman was the prostitute. That marriage was the system built on the most cruel suffering for women.

Bir manda bile Kafr El Teen'deki insanlardan çok daha ak?ll?d?r.

Ketika mereka meneriakkan kata "patriotisme," dengan segera saya tahu, bahwa ketakutan bukan kepada Allah, dan bahwa dalam benak mereka, patriotisme mereka itu adalah yang miskin harus mati untuk membela tanah orang kaya, tanah mereka, karena saya tahu bahwa orang yang miskin tidak memiliki tanah.

Saya tahu bahwa profesiku ini telah diciptakan oleh lelaki, dan bahwa lelaki menguasai dua dunia kita, yang di bumi ini dan di alam baka. Bahwa lelaki memaksa perempuan menjual tubuh mereka dengan harga tertentu, dan bahwa tubuh yang paling murah dibayar adalah tubuh sang istri. Semua perempuan adalah pelacur dalam satu atau lain bentuk. Karena saya seorang yang cerdas, saya lebih menyukai menjadi seorang pelacur yang bebas daripada menjadi seorang istri yang diperbudak.

When they pronounced the word 'patriotism' I could tell at once that in their heart of hearts they feared not Allah, and that at the back of their minds patriotism meant that the poor should die to defend the land of the richt, their land, for I knew that the poor had no land.

I knew I hated him as only a woman can hate a man, as only a slave can hate his master. I saw from the expression in his eyes that he feared me as only a master can fear his slave, as only a man can fear a woman.

Yes, Fouada, there's another wall in your head, one you were not born with, but which day by day was erected out of long silence.

I knew that my profession had been invented by men, and that men were in control of both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another. Because I was intelligent I preferred to be a free prostitute, rather than an enslaved wife.

My life means their death. My death means their life. And life for them means more crime, more plunder, unlimited booty.

But she stood accused and as long as she did so she had relinquished all right to respect. Men's eyes took possession of her body the way they appropriated those of prostitutes. Something pushed her. She shrank into her coat, burying her head in its wide collar.

But she stood accused and as long as she did she had relinquished all right to respect. Men's eyes took possession of her body thr way they appropriated those of prostitutes. Something pushed her. She shrank into her coat, burying her head in its wide collar.

A successful prostitute was better than a misled saint. All women are victims of deception. Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, bind them in marriage and then chastise them with menial service for life, or insults, or blows.

That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another. Because I was intelligent I preferred to be a free prostitute, rather than an enslaved wife.

he explained to me that refusing a Head of State could be looked upon as an insult to a great man and lead to strained relations between the two countries. He added that if I really loved my country, if I was a patriot, I would go to him at once. So I told the man from the police that I knew nothing about patriotism, that my country had not only given me nothing, but had also taken away anything I might have had, including my honour and my dignity.

Ölümle gerçek birbirlerine benzer. Gerçekler de insan? öldürdüÄŸü için , ölüm gibidir. Ben bir insan? öldürdüÄŸüm zaman, onu b?çakla deÄŸil, gerçekle öldürdüm. Bu yüzden korkuyorlar; beni yok etmek için bu yüzden acele ediyorlar. B?çaktan korkmazlar. onlar? korkutan gerçeÄŸimdir!

So that means about twelve billion people dead. And the remaining six billion ruled by a government that would even like to control their thoughts.