Quotes About Oppression

No acepto ya la condición de Hombre-Avispa, de Hombre-Ninguno, ni admito que el ritmo de mi existencia sea marcado por el mazo de un cómitre.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

Povero Renzo! – rispose il frate, - se il potente che vuol commettere l'ingiustizia fosse sempre obbligato a dir le sue ragioni, le cose non aderebbero come vanno.

E quel che è peggio, è che le gride ci sono, stampate, per gastigarli: e non già gride senza costrutto; fatte benissimo [...]. E dice: sia chi si sia, vili e plebi.

There is something wrong with this world." She stood like she was making a speech. "Something very wrong when it's the twenty-first century and this type of elitist travesty is still being perpetuated.

They call my country the land of the free, but I was born poor and black, and there wasn't much that was free about that.

proletariat.

They call my country the land of the free, but I was born poor and black, and there wasn't much free about that .

And why not? If we live in an intersectional society where the most oppressed win the greatest prizes, victimhood becomes a currency to be traded and forged.[20] This cynicism makes us despise heroes and makes us susceptible to imprecations to tear down statues.

will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.[130] (George Orwell, 1984)

Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.

If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that the workers are robbed and exploited in this country to the heart's content of the masters. If you are not deaf, dumb, and blind, then you know that the American bourgeois democracy and capitalistic civilization are the worst enemies of labor and progress, and that instead of protecting them, you should help to fight to destroy them.

Away with the hypocritical horror on the part of capitalist, labor leader, and politician.

There's a reason that whenever fascists come to power, the writers are among the first to go to jail.

Your people, sir, is nothing but a great beast!

Happy it is when the interest which the government has in the preservation of its own power, coincides with a proper distribution of the public burthens, and tends to guard the least wealthy part of the community from oppression!

beget injustice and oppression of a part of the community, and engender schemes which, though they gratify a momentary inclination or desire, terminate in general distress, dissatisfaction, and disgust.

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Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.

Jangan gembira kalau seseorang ditindas, Jangan kesal kalau seseorang mendapat berkah.