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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

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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. ↗

— John Henrik Clarke

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Truth is on the side of the oppressed. ↗

— Malcolm X

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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

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Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it. ↗

— Anna Sewell

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. ↗

— Anna Lindh

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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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Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

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