Definition of Oppressor

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Definition of Oppressor
	Oppressor One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. Related Definitions: On, One, Or, Severity, Unjust, Unreasonable, Who, With

Oppressor Quotations

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.
James A. Baldwin

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
Albert Camus

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel

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 Tutu

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Steven Biko

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Anne Lamott

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave.
Emile M. Cioran

Oppressor Translations

oppressor in German is Schinder
oppressor in Italian is vessatore

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