#oppress

In every country where there is a vicious oppression, a peaceful and a continuous civil disobedience is the magical door opening to the freedom! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#freedom

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life. ↗

— Jane Addams

#inspirational #justice #oppression #social-justice #inspirational

If I have to beat you up to keep you safe, that’s just what I’ll do. It’s this kind of regard for others that makes me believe I’d be a good politician. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#awareness #bad #fight #good #oppression

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. ↗

— Karl Marx

#oppression #politics #representation #repression #society

Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#tyrants #enemy

All we have is now, this moment. If you live in the future, you’ll miss things, right here, right now, and you’ll regret it later. ↗

— Jessica Therrien

#future #oppression #present #william #oppression

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#oppression

There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#oppression

There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poetry #oppression

If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ↗

— James Madison

#patriot-act #tyranny #war #acting