#oppressed

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself! ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

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That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt. ↗

— Hall Caine

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An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ↗

— Henry Clay

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Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

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The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager. ↗

— Joe Bob Briggs

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Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed, too, by sexism-the lie that there can be such a thing as men's liberation groups. ↗

— Robin Morgan

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I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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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

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