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“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.”

Source: Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics

“Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the soft-headed mental masturbation of people who really don't understand oppression and the depths of actual human misery, I hope to get you to think differently about suffering and pain, to convince you that animals matter, and to argue that anyone serious about ending domination and hierarchy needs to think critically about bringing animals into consideration.”

“If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.”

Ifs Men May Feelings Wish Oppression Unbearable Hashish

Book:The Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

Source: The Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

“Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages.”

Men Way May Individual Community Freedom Cities Groups Oppression Village Small Groups Large Cities Small Villages

Author:Morris Raphael Cohen

“There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a certain level or standard of living, and certainly we don't quarrel with this. But look more closely and you may find that all too often these well-meaning people are building a ceiling above which no one shall be permitted to climb and between the two are pressing us all into conformity, into a mold of standardized mediocrity.”

People Wells Looks May Two Today Certain Levels Economic Building Standards Economics Oppression Climbs Conformity Mediocrity Quarrels Mold Ceilings Standards Of Living

Author:Ronald Reagan

“[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression, and every power not granted thereby remains with the people.”

People May Constitution Remains Oppression Granted

Book:The Writings of James Madison: 1787-1790

Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1787-1790