#oppress

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

— Lech Walesa

#continue #dictators #fear #here #i

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. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#beings #encourages #endure #helps #human

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

— Elie Wiesel

#helps #must #neutrality #never #oppressor

Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing. ↗

— Oliver Tambo

#black #discrimination #economic #economic power #exploitation

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#oppressed #revolution

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#festival #guide #joy #oppressed #path

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. ↗

— Derrick A. Bell

#equality #ethics #injustice #meritocracy #prosperity

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#begun #black #establishment #free #goal

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#freedom #oppression #freedom

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#dislike #like #many #oppress #oppression