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«People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.»
Author: Friedrich Engels
| Keywords:
democratic state, extraordinarily, hereditary, hereditary monarchy, in reality, monarchies, monarchy, oppression, quite an, republic, step forward, swear, The monarchy
«Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.»
«Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Belief,
Tolerance
| Keywords:
beliefs, commitment, condemns, implied, implies, implying, oppression, persecution, persecutions, tolerance
«Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.»
«The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| Keywords:
cruelties, cruelty, oppression, silence, The Silence, The Ultimate, tragedy, ultimate
«People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.»
«The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
composed, composes, Cynics, fanatics, government, humane, limit, moral, No limit, oppression, tolerant, top, worst
«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»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
against time, aimed, defending, fighting, one time, oppression, oppressive, scoundrels, spends, stopped
«They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, tr»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
despotism, exile, exiled, exiles, free spirit, oppression, pleased, rebels, slavery, The Exile
«The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
error, gained, indebted, oppression, triumphs
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