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Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun read more
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and read more
[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who read more
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.
The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.
First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; read more
First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
