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Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society.
Paulo Freire
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Paulo Freire
Brazilian
Educator
Born:
Sep 19
,
1921
Died:
May 2
,
1997
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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
History
You
Injustice
Will
Neutrality
Oppressor
Side
Say
Tail
Neutral
Foot
Mouse
Situations
Your
Chosen
Elephant
Appreciate
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel
Silence
Neutrality
Oppressor
Victim
Sides
Tormented
Must
Take
Never
Encourages
Helps
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Steven Biko
Mind
Oppressor
Weapon
Potent
Most
Oppressed
If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one's mind is so manipulated and controlled by the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters.
Steven Biko
Heart
Mind
Will
Free
Oppressor
Nothing
Scare
Powerful
Masters
His
Oppressed
Man-Made
Controlled
Manipulated
Then
Chains
Bind
Servitude
The 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 Dworkin
Reality
Genius
Rebellion
Oppressor
Other
System
Obscure
Make
Isolate
Condition
Any
Common
Dynamics
Which
Against
Each
Found
United
Inconceivable
Slave
Slaves
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Anne Lamott
Oppressor
Voice
Perfectionism
Two 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 Oz
Conflict
Past
Oppressor
Other
Arab
See
Case
Parent
Cruel
Between
Look
Another
Very
Same
Children
Victims
Much
Each
Image
Jew
Two
You can't build a revolution with no education. Jomo Kenyatta did this in Africa, and because the people were not educated, he became as much an oppressor as the people he overthrew.
Fred Hampton
Education
You
People
Build
Oppressor
Revolution
He
Became
Because
Educated
Were
Did
Africa
Much
Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.
George Jackson
Passion
Men
Oppressor
Few
Crimes
Guilty
Economic
Feel
Very
Imprisoned
Few Men
Against
Really
Even
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
Steven Biko
Happiness
Oppressor
State
Liberation
Only
Sees
Never
Tension
Also
His
Exist
Oppressed
Truly
Task
Revolutionary
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