Quotes of: Oppressor Keyword

Assist your Muslim brother, whether he be an oppressor or oppressed. "Bu how shall we doit when he is an oppressor?" enquired a companion. Muhammad replied, "Assisting an oppressor by forbidding and witholding him from oppression.

Anonymous

There will be a day for the oppressor when he will be crushed like garlic.

Palestinian

From Aus B. Shurahbil" He heard Allah Messenger say: "One who strives to strengthen an oppressor and knows he is an oppressor has already left Islam. Baihaqi

A Day With The Prophet

Liberals tend to be much more concerned about business and corporations as the oppressors. They look to government as the solution. On the Right it's the opposite. They see business as good, as what generates wealth in society, and they see governmen...

Jonathan Haidt

White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or be oppressed. Black men may be victimized by racism, but sexism allows them to act as exploiters and oppressors of women. White women may be victimized by sexism, but racism en...

bell hooks

The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor.

A.R. Bernard

Yuri Orlov: Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the ...

Lord of War

The oppressor is never as free as they think they are

Darnell Lamont Walker

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Anne Lamott

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Desmond Tutu

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Steven Biko

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

Paulo Freire

Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.

Paulo Freire

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Desmond Tutu

Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors.

Darnell Lamont Walker

My heart isn't big enough to care for the oppressors.

Darnell Lamont Walker

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

Albert Camus

Ignorance is the supreme oppressor.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

P40- this violence, as a process, is perpetuated from generation to generation of oppressors, who become its heirs and are shaped by it.

Paulo Freire