Definition of Oppressed

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Definition of Oppressed
	Oppressed of Oppress Related Definitions: Of, Oppress

Oppressed Quotations

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

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

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Karl Marx

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
Malcolm X

Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.
George W. Bush

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Clarence Darrow

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
Alexander Pope

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.
Carter G. Woodson

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
Germaine Greer

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
Germaine Greer

Oppressed Translations

oppressed in Latin is gravatus
oppressed in Spanish is ahogado

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