Quotes about Voice of the Oppressed

DeRay Mckesson

I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.

Ayanna Pressley

As I have always said, those closest to the pain should be closest to the power.

Stefan Molyneux

Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves.

Fritz Hollings

The rich have all the speech they want; the poor have lockjaw.

The Supreme Court had ruled that there could be no limits placed on the amount of money that could be spent by a rich company or person to campaign for a candidate. It would deny them their right to freedom of speech. That was the context of Hollings’ remark.

Dorothy Allison

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Felicite de La Mennais

It is necessary today to have money, much money, to enjoy the right to speak ... Silence to the poor!

After being castigated by Pope Gregory XVI, Lamennais broke with the Church and concentrated on publishing and politics.

Jean-Paul Sartre

What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?

Slick Rick

I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.

Corrine Brown

I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth.

Voice of the Oppressed Quotes