Oppression

“Ne efsûnkâr imişsin âh ey dîdâr-ı hürriyet Esîr-i aşkın olduk gerçi kurtulduk esâretten”

“He who stoops continuously ends up permanently hunched and dehumanized.”

“Mandela was learning from us. He wanted to understand us, the fieriness of us, the resistance that we were a part of, and what we stood up against — the oppression.”

“Orgaan boeat bangsa jang terperentah di H.O. Tempat akan memboeka swaranya Anak-Hindia.”

“I say—segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”

“The black man had to be revolutionary in order to have self-respect.”

“Pour avoir une juste idée de l’abîme de douleur dans lequel la femme est condamnée à vivre, il faut être ou avoir été mariée.”

“Every unwanted pregnancy demonstrates the exploitation of the female, who is simply left holding the baby.”

“Segregation now...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever.”

“I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.”

“पुरुष का जीवन संघर्ष से आरंभ होता है और स्त्री का आत्मसमर्पण से।”

“I envied them the freedom they enjoyed, and as often wished I could change my condition for theirs.”

“We continue anyway because once you have seen the sufferings and oppression, you simply cannot look away anymore.”

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.”

“I would rather die upon yonder gallows than live in slavery.”

“It is liberty which is ancient, and despotism which is modern.”

“Slavery is most certainly doomed; —the only fear is the results of the conflict for its abolition.”

“Love of freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”