#oppression

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

— Anna Lindh

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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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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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The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group. ↗

— Robin Morgan

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Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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