Quotes of: Oppressors Keyword

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

Maximilien Robespierre

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

Lech Walesa

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.

Emile M. Cioran

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

George Jackson

If you are blaming the oppressed rather than the oppressor you know that something is wrong.

Adam Snowflake

The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Don't be a zombie for anyone, if your oppressor likes zombies, cinemas are not located in mars.

Michael Bassey Johnson

The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspiration.

Paulo Freire

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.

Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

I Know This Much Is True

The worst kind of oppression is when the victims think and talk in the language of their oppressors.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

Ignorance is the supreme oppressor and tyrant.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

The greatest joy of the oppressed people, is enjoying his freedom while, the greatest misfortune of the oppressors is to suffer for the joy of his people.

Miguel Ángel Sáez Gutiérrez «Marino»

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.

James A. Baldwin

Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making.

Aniruddha Sastikar

P29 - the oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and responsibility.

Pedagogy of the Oppressed