#oppress

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state. ↗

— Jim Garrison

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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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

— James Russell Lowell

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We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people. ↗

— Alexander Mackenzie

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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ↗

— James Madison

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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. ↗

— James Madison

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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. ↗

— James Madison

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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Edwin Markham

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