Oppression

“Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence.”

“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.”

“I suppose I must call myself a slave for I am the colour of those of whom you made slaves.”

“an intellectual working like a happy slave, but no more happy when treated like a slave.”

“Domination becomes complete the moment it presents itself as freedom.”

“We had equality till Britain came.”

“I feel happy that I am in the Land of Liberty, where the violent Hand of Oppression can do me no Injury.”

“victory for apartheid”

“Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.”

“The Government may imprison me, it can fling hundreds and thousands into jail and concentration camps, but it cannot and it will not suppress the demand for freedom.”

“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”

“Why independence, if the slaves of to-day will be the tyrants of to-morrow?”

“لم يكن الفن وحده من ظلمني. فظلاّمي كثر…”

“Peruanos: ya tenéis patria. Levantad esa cabeza que vosotros y vuestros padres habéis llevado humillada por tres siglos de cautiverio.”

“Unfortunately, apartheid has not gone, apartheid has simply reinforced itself in a different form today, and so Independent Media for me, was an important vehicle to continue to tell the story.”

“Orang Barat datang ke mari, dengan pengetahuan dan perasaan, bahwa ialah yang dipertuan bagi orang di sini.”

“I would rather go out, and die on that gallows, than live a slave.”

“¿Con qué derecho y con qué justicia tenéis en tan cruel y horrible servidumbre a estos indios?”