Oppression Quotes
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.
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Shortly after news of Zarqawi's death reached the media, al-Qaeda stated its intention to continue its oppression of the Iraqi people.
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As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.
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The competition is not really friendly or peaceful. It leads to oppression in some ways.
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History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression.
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All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is -- How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?
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If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it.
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Small groups or communities may be far more oppressive to the individual than larger ones. Men are in many ways freer in large cities than in small villages.
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Oppression is the essence of power.
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You cannot play the Song of Freedom on an instrument of oppression.
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Histories are instruments of oppression.
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Christian ideology has contributed no little to the oppression of woman.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
