If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Desmond TutuTime 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 XTwo children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It`s a conflict between two victims.
- Amos OzThe genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.
- Andrea DworkinDemocracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
- Abu MorshedWho Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.
- Alderman Dana McLendonThe most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
- Andrei CodrescuThe most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
- Andrei CodrescuIf you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Angel AcebesDemocracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
- James Russell Lowell