“With the establishment of a relationship of oppression, violence has already begun. Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? How could they be the sponsors of something objective whose objective inauguration called forth their existence as oppressed? There would be no oppressed had there been no prior of violence to establish their subjugation.” IfsWould BeResultsExistenceViolenceObjectivesOppressionEstablishmentOppressedSponsorsInaugurationSubjugation Book:Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition
“This is what the government is, has always been, the creator and defender of privilege; the organization of oppression and revenge. To hope that it can ever become anything else is the vainest of delusions. They tell you that Anarchy, the dream of social order without government, is a wild fancy. The wildest dream that ever entered the heart of man is the dream that mankind can ever help itself through an appeal to law, or to come to any order that will not result in slavery wherein there is any excuse for government.” MenHeartHelpingDreamGovernmentLawOrderSocialResultsMankindOrganizationSlaveryPrivilegeCreatorExcuseRevengeOppressionAppealsFancyDelusionAnarchyDefendersSocial OrderWildest Dreams Author:Voltairine de Cleyre
“Whatever oppressions man has suffered, they have invariably fallen more heavily on woman. Whatever new liberties advancing civilization has brought to man, ever the smallest measure has been accorded to woman, as a result of church teaching. The effect of this is seen in every department of life.” MenHas BeensChurchResultsLibertyAtheismTeachingEffectsCivilizationPositive AtheismOppressionFallenDepartmentSmallestAdvancing Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.” KnowsMayEndsMatterGovernmentPoliticsChurchResultsSubjectsHolyAtheistTyrannyOppressionPropagandaMotiveOppressedForbiddenEnd ResultsPolitical Oppression Book:Glory Road Source: Glory Road