But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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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.
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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.
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The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane in political practice. Unlike early Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism (all obsessed with time) Hinduism and Buddhism have never been persecuting faiths, have preached almost no holy wars and have refrained from that proselytizing religious imperialism which has gone hand in hand with political and economic oppression of colored people.
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Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
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Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. (Psalms 62: 10)
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
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I spent my four years cringing each time I had to run and like it as the Confederate battle flag waved. I was proud of my school and the school spirit, but I despised being represented by a symbol that stood for minority oppression.
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It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
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We must realize that companies such as Caterpillar are profiting from oppression.
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Silence increases the power of an oppressor. My job as a parent is to recognize oppression. I want my children to know whenever something is not right.
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Never underestimate internalized racism. People can be oppressed, yet continue to express their oppression in their own choices.
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If Saddam Hussein committed crimes such as political oppression against the Iraqi people, it should be resolved legally in a fair and just manner which doesn't paint a sense of injustice
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There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.
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It was a time of oppression and you spoke up -- and we won. Without you, I wouldn't be standing up here either.
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Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression.
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Refrain at all times from such Foods as cannot be procured without violence and oppression.
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We're trying to apologize for years of white oppression. I know it doesn't make a nice sound bite, but..
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Oppression is allowed to survive because people don't like to talk about it or about acts like what happened. We're hoping to counter some of that with the help of this banner.
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We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.
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There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.
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Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it.
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In every age, no matter how cruel the oppression carried on by those in power, there have been those who struggled for a different world. I believe this is the genius of humankind, the thing that makes us half divine: the fact that some human beings can envision a world that has never existed.
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