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When Blacks were brought here as slaves, they could not sing and tell stories about Whites who were oppressing them, so, they turned them into monsters. A White master or overseer who heard it wouldn't recognize it. – Linda Addison	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Australian government's behaviour ... blatantly violates the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese journalists there and caused severe harm to the physical and mental health of the journalists and their families, we ask Australia to immediately stop such blatant irrational behaviors, stop harassing and oppressing Chinese personnel in Australia under whatever pretext. – Zhao Lijian	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The majority of the property owners on The Paseo are black, the residents and property owners are black, the majority of the businesses, the majority of the residents are black. So this is black leaders oppressing the voices of black property owners. – African American	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society. – Thomas Jefferson	added by Normando 4 years ago
You cannot develop a country by oppressing the poor of the poorest – KIZZA RONALD	added by anonymous 5 years ago
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. – Simone de Beauvoir	added by anonymous 9 years ago
How hollow must your life be for you to waste it hating and oppressing others, whose lives are of no consequence to your own? – Ingrid Weir	added by anonymous 12 years ago
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. – Karl Marx	added by anonymous 13 years ago

When Blacks were brought here as slaves, they could not sing and tell stories about Whites who were oppressing them, so, they turned them into monsters. A White master or overseer who heard it wouldn't recognize it.

– Linda Addison

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Australian government's behaviour ... blatantly violates the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese journalists there and caused severe harm to the physical and mental health of the journalists and their families, we ask Australia to immediately stop such blatant irrational behaviors, stop harassing and oppressing Chinese personnel in Australia under whatever pretext.

– Zhao Lijian

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The majority of the property owners on The Paseo are black, the residents and property owners are black, the majority of the businesses, the majority of the residents are black. So this is black leaders oppressing the voices of black property owners.

– African American

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by Normando
4 years ago

You cannot develop a country by oppressing the poor of the poorest

– KIZZA RONALD

added by anonymous
5 years ago

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

– Simone de Beauvoir

added by anonymous
9 years ago

How hollow must your life be for you to waste it hating and oppressing others, whose lives are of no consequence to your own?

– Ingrid Weir

added by anonymous
12 years ago

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

– Karl Marx

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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