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Letter "O" » oppressor
«The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
| Keywords:
dynamics, inconceivable, isolate, obscure, oppressor, rebellion, slaves, The Genius
«Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.»
«If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.»
Author: Bishop Desmond Tutu
(Novelist, Spiritual leader)
| About:
Injustice
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appreciate, chosen, Chosen The, elephant, foot, injustice, mouse, neutral, neutrals, not neutral, oppressor, situations, tail
«I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.»
Author: Elie Wiesel
(Writer)
| About:
Silence
| Keywords:
encourages, helps, humiliation, humiliations, oppressor, sides, swore, The Victim, tormented, tormentor, victim, wherever
«Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery.»
«The real oppressor, enslaver, and corrupter of the people is the Bible»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| Keywords:
bible, oppressor, The Bible, The People
«Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.»
«Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, / And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: / Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.»
«There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.»
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