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Letter "O" » oppressions
«In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
| About:
Democracy
| Keywords:
citizens, cruel, exercising, minority, oppressions
«The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.»
«And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppressions, and there prevail justice and Faith in Allah; but if they cease, let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression»
«The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? / He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; / He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
bribes, defence, devouring, dwell on, fearfulness, hold water, hypocrites, munitions, oppressions, righteously, sinners, uprightly
«Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance»
«By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.»
«The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have placed it beyond a doubt that their rulers had formed settled plans to deprive them of th»
Author: John Adams
(President)
| About:
Jealousy
| Keywords:
attentive, beyond doubt, deprive, instances, least resistance, oppressions, rulers
«Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
dawn, enlighten, oppressions, spirits, tyranny, vanish
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