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Oppression Quotes

"The enemies of the revolution are the enemies of the people"

"There is more than one way to burn a book, and the world is full of people running about with lit matches."

"There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and non-violence against a government whose reply is only savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people"

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced"

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion"

"If you can only be tall because somebody's on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is, white people have a very, very serious problem"

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

"The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs"

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions"

"There are forms of oppression and domination which become invisible – the new normal."

"When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to be the oppressor "

"For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly their dirges and their ditties and their blues and jubilees"

"Common sense will tell us that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us is of all others the most improper to defend us"

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