The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. Read Summary
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot. Read Summary
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Read Summary
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Read Summary
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. Read Summary
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others. Read Summary
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. Read Summary
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. Read Summary
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them. Read Summary
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Read Summary
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Read Summary
The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?' Read Summary
A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare. Read Summary
If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded. Read Summary
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Read Summary
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves. Read Summary
The idea that women were oppressed throughout history is an appalling theory. Read Summary
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. Read Summary
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. Read Summary
I hate victims who respect their executioners. Read Summary