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Oppression Quotes
"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
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Nelson Mandela
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves."
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Abraham Lincoln
"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore"
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Cesar Chavez
"No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved"
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Kate Beckinsale
"Lack of freedom is the biggest outlaw"
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George Clooney
"The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs"
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Karl Marx
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament"
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Karl Marx
"Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot."
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Vladimir Lenin
"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced"
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Malala Yousafzai
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time"
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James Baldwin