“ I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is… Barbara Deming
“ We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive Martin Luther King, Jr.
“ Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making. Aniruddha Sastikar
“ 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
“ After years of working with missionaries, I am tempted to conclude that their endeavors merely prolong a dying race's agonies for ten or twenty years. The merciful plowman shoots a trusty horse grown… David Mitchell
“ Unjust social orders do no fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history teaches us that they fall because a large enough number… Timothy B. Tyson
“ Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority of activists, many of… Theodore J. Kaczynski
“ It is blasphemy to call tyrants and oppressors, God’s ministers. They are more properly the messengers of Satan to buffet us. No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are just, ruling in th… Jonathan Mayhew
“ The worst kind of oppression is when the victims think and talk in the language of their oppressors. M.F. Moonzajer
“ A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up. Israelmore Ayivor
“ The liberation from ignorance and tyranny was a long war, because the oppressors always had the advantage. They smooth-talked the masses with lies and promises. Michael R. French
