#oppress

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#city #commitment #committed #doing #eastern

Truth is on the side of the oppressed. ↗

— Malcolm X

#side #truth #truth is

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#america #american #among #bond #democracy

From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get advocacy for the oppressed but otherwise, when it comes to national civic identity, mainly silence. ↗

— Eric Liu

#advocacy #anchor #babies #civic #comes

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

— James Russell Lowell

#every #every man #form #gives #government

The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#necessary #never #oppressed #strengths #themselves

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#life #oneself #only #oppressed #side

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#determined #every #find #funny #i

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#cynics #fanatics #government #humane #limit

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#also #anyone #exercise #his #individuality