Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral."
Oppressors quotes
Oppressors
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Paulo Freire
Educator, Author
"It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors"
Paulo Freire
Educator, Author
"The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'"
Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing."
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