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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.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will read more
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
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.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many read more
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.