“Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that - some pain and anger that come with that and we as black people have to deal with it to heal that. White people have to understand it and have some compassion toward it.” PeoplePainAmericaFormBlackWhiteDealsCompassionSlaveryHealBlack PeopleOppressed Author:Common
“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.” MenLetting GoDiversitySocial JusticeSlaveryConservativeOppressionPeacefulStayingBrotherhoodOppressedStay StrongInjustice And Oppression Author:Booker T. Washington
“Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, as your religious and political motto - "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS” MayPoliticalReligiousEffortBreakCostSlaveryUnionsCompromiseFaithfulOppressedMottoBreezeBannerBeing FaithfulVigilantYokeNo CompromiseSlaveholders Author:William Lloyd Garrison
“Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.” NeedsTodaySidesFreedomTruth IsSlaveryOppressionOppressedOppressors Author:Malcolm X
“I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight.” CultureFoundFeltLeaderDependsSlaverySpotsOppressedHandicapsCharismaticLimelight Author:Ella Baker
“What does Christianity mean today? National Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious practices and putting new ones in their place. We lack traditions and ritual. One day soon National Socialism will be the religion of all Germans. My Party is my church, and I believe I serve the Lord best if I do his will, and liberate my oppressed people from the fetters of slavery. That is my gospel.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanDoeTodayI BelieveChurchReligiousPartyChristianityLordPracticeGeniusOne DayCapableTraditionSlaverySocialismRitualOppressedFettersReligious PracticesUprooting Author:Joseph Goebbels
“I have made some enemies. My enemies in the southern states consisted of those who oppressed the black slave. My enemies in the north are among those who would perpetuate the slavery of the wage workers” MadeStatesBlackEnemySlaverySlaveWorkersSouthernOppressed Author:Albert Parsons
“Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people - women, men, young people, children - have the ability to change the system of industrial capitalism that has oppressed them since the earliest days of slavery: a system based on class division, patriarchy, and military might, a hierarchical system that subjugates people merely because they are born poor, or female, or dark-skinned.” PeopleMenChildrenStatesGovernmentMightYoungBornDarkAbilityPoorClassDemocracyMilitaryCapitalismFemaleElectionSlaveryCriticizeDivisionOppressedPatriarchyParliamentaryHead Of StateAbility To ChangeTrue DemocracyDark Skinned Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“Oppressed people are frequendy 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.” PeopleKnowsFirstsTwoFeetPositionSlaveryNecksOppressedLiberated Author:Florynce Kennedy