36 Best oppression Quotes

Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. – Byron Hadley

Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse, for some. – Aunt Lydia

Normal is whatever you're used to. This may not seem normal to you now, but after a time it will. – Aunt Lydia

Under His Eye.

May the Lord open.

This is not a prison. This is a privilege. – Aunt Lydia

Sometimes, I dream of saving the world. Saving everyone from the invisible hand. The one that brands us with an employee ID. The one that forces us to work for them. The one that holds us down with mortgages and debt. – Elliot

On that day, mankind received a grim reminder. We lived in fear of the Titans and were disgraced to live in these cages we called walls. – Narrator

The government says your existence is a crime, but no matter what kind of weapons you may hold, just being alive isn't a sin! There is no crime in living! – Franky

The wish of the strong becomes a curse for the weak. – C.C.

Do not trust anyone. Not even your own shadow. – Idrees

Why do they want to keep us from learning? – Parvana

It is a dangerous thing to have a mind of your own. – Razaq

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed.

The terrible tyranny of the majority.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.

Dead, my lords and gentlemen and honourable boards… and dying thus around us every day.

We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I must not tell lies. – Dolores Umbridge's Punishment

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. – President Snow

May the odds be ever in your favor. – Effie Trinket

I just can't stomach any more of those Capitol parties. – Haymitch Abernathy

District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety. – Katniss Everdeen

Fear became the ultimate tool of this government. – V

Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. – V

The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. – Morpheus

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. – Malcolm X

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. – Malcolm X

You can't have capitalism without racism. – Malcolm X

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. – Malcolm X

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. – Malcolm X

I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. – Malcolm X

I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare. – Malcolm X

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. – Malala Yousafzai