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Oppression15 quotes
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. — George Orwell · 1949The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1909Your silence will not protect you. — Audre Lorde · 1977We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate. — Lydia Maria Child · 1833All 15 quotes →Politics5 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848Your silence will not protect you. — Audre Lorde · 1977You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez · 1984We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Class conflict2 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848Freedom2 quotes
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1909You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968History2 quotes
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. — Milan Kundera · 1979Liberation2 quotes
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Political theory2 quotes
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1909All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Raising consciousness2 quotes
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez · 1984The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971Revolution2 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Abolitionism1 quote
We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate. — Lydia Maria Child · 1833Capitalism1 quote
Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them…"If you don't like to be frizzled in my frying-pan, you can take a walk into the fire." — Friedrich Engels · 1845Desperation1 quote
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Dystopian future1 quote
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. — George Orwell · 1949Fighting injustice1 quote
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. — Milan Kundera · 1979Human rights1 quote
It takes no compromising to give people their rights... It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression. — Harvey Milk · 1973Literacy1 quote
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez · 1984Memory1 quote
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. — Milan Kundera · 1979Nothing to lose1 quote
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Political neutrality1 quote
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Progress1 quote
You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. — Cesar Chavez · 1984Resisting authority1 quote
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Slavery1 quote
We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate. — Lydia Maria Child · 1833Standing up for what's right1 quote
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Surveillance1 quote
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. — George Orwell · 1949Tools of oppression1 quote
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971Tyranny1 quote
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Words vs. actions1 quote
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt · 1970Workers1 quote
Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them…"If you don't like to be frizzled in my frying-pan, you can take a walk into the fire." — Friedrich Engels · 1845Working class1 quote
Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them…"If you don't like to be frizzled in my frying-pan, you can take a walk into the fire." — Friedrich Engels · 1845