#oppress

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#free #give #life #lives #making

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive. ↗

— Florynce R. Kennedy

#individuals #institutionalized #oppression #oppressive #system

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#commitment #condemns #implies #lack #oppression

The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#citizens #freeing #illusion #nation #occupation

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems. ↗

— Aly Khan

#burdens #force #fortunately #historians #historic

In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed. ↗

— Imran Khan

#authority #country #easily #feudal #most

History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does. ↗

— Ed Royce

#abroad #activity #aggressive #any #democracies

The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis. ↗

— Ali A. Saleh

#any #arab #because #cause #crucial

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#energetic #exhausting #find #life #lots

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. ↗

— Tacitus

#implanted #man #nature #oppression #resist