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«Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.»
Author: James Russell Lowell
(Critic, Diplomat, Editor, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Democracy,
Government
| Keywords:
form of government, oppressor
«And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.»
«He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.»
«For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.»
«I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; / And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? / The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.»
«And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, / That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! / The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.»
«Every revolution ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
becoming, heretic, oppressor, revolution
«Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
| About:
Freedom
| Keywords:
demanded, freedom, oppressed, oppresses, oppressing, oppressor, voluntarily
«He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber»
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