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is a process whereby human beings are so made that because the ones who do the crushing feel nothing, to understand it, one must have placed oneself on the side of the oppressed.

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing... it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand. Simone Weil

is a process whereby it is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. Eric Hoffer

1s 2bject is oppression, just as the object of terrorism is terrorism, just as the object of torture is torture, just as the object of murder is murder, and the object of power is power.

The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me' George Orwell

is a process whereby the oppressed is always learning from and copying the oppressor so that when the tables are turned, the roles are reversed, and reversed, and reversed ad nauseam.

The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence -roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam. Frank Herbert

is a process whereby the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. Nelson Mandela

is a process whereby , if the oppressed stands up and protests, it costs the oppressor too much. The protest need not be merely physical the throwing of stones and bullets if it is mental, spiritual... if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.

Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if it is mental, spiritual... if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific. W. E. B. Du Bois

is a process whereby all oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

All oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

is a process whereby the mind of the oppressed constitutes the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor.

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

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