No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Joseph Addison
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. H. L. Mencken
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. Napoleon Bonaparte
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine
God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. Luis Bunuel
An oppressed people are authorised whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. Henry Clay
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. Simone Weil
All oppression creates a state of war. Simone de Beauvoir
Oppression has no logic – just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system. Gloria Steinem
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. Confucius