Oppression Quotes

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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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Big Brother is watching you. - George Orwell quote.
Big Brother is watching you.
Disobedience: The silver lining to the cloud of servitude. - Ambrose Bierce quote.
Disobedience: The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's neck. - Florynce Kennedy quote.
Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's neck.
But I am pigeon-liver'd, and lack gall. To make oppression bitter. - William Shakespeare quote.
But I am pigeon-liver'd, and lack gall. To make oppression bitter.
The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out.
— African proverb

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Oppression makes a wise man mad. - Frederick Douglass quote.
Oppression makes a wise man mad.
When the oppressed becomes oppressor (almost) inevitably happens, do not expect too much charity, understanding, and compassion.