Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. From LearnThat.org. [Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941)]
After years of oppression they finally revolted. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The tyrant's oppression of the people. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"HIJAB" (covering/Veil) or a secure place for your precious things, which you call oppression!!. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Saying “my oppression is as bad as your oppression” on the basis of subjective feeling is always a dangerous game. From Wordnik.com. [Comments On Don Imus Debacle] Reference
Robert Mugabe for what it called oppression of his own people and called for an immediate end to the demolitions of shantytowns. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"That is what I call oppression!" returned Mr. Bacon, in momentary indignation, for the utterance of which he was as quickly repentant. From Wordnik.com. [The Lights and Shadows of Real Life] Reference
I doubt that such oppression is less severe today. From Wordnik.com. [Urizenus Sklar: Freedom] Reference
The roots of oppression is always earlier oppression. From Wordnik.com. [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE] Reference
What we call oppression they'd probably call paradise. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The modern Putin style of totalitarian oppression is different. From Wordnik.com. [Big Picture Thinking and Democracy in Russia] Reference
Vegetables live in oppression, served on our tables each night. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Because you wouldn’t treat a dog like this?] Reference
If oppression is an institutional act, then who are the oppressors?. From Wordnik.com. [Some homework | Living the Liminal] Reference
Paula Gunn Allen said 'The root of oppression is the loss of memory'. From Wordnik.com. [GINNY BATES: BACK TO HOW IT ALL BEGAN] Reference
Trouble is, modern man thinks oppression is necessary for us to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Video Topic: Freedom Under Fire?] Reference
Perception of oppression is always greater to the person being kept down. From Wordnik.com. [let them go] Reference
Foreign oppression is a much more obvious, understandable evil than economic oppression. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
The oppression is the fundamental failure of using Islamic Sharia as a basis for governance. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Cantwell's Campaign Co-Chair Has Some Interesting Friends] Reference
And, again, I don't think this oppression is coming from non-parents and directed at parents. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Note to non-parents in the audience...] Reference
But, of course, we all know I'm imagining that sexism and oppression is at the heart of this. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: A reply to Elayne, some more stuff about kids in public places, and then I'm done for now.] Reference
This kind of left-wing oppression is largely responsible for them losing ground in the polls. From Wordnik.com. [Health care town halls will press on, could get heated] Reference
Asa oppressed some of the people the same time -- The form or degree of this oppression is not recorded. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The history of domestic oppression is linked to international oppression in its nature, in its practice. From Wordnik.com. [Poll of polls: Obama losing ground] Reference
Second of all, if the language of oppression is so abhorrent to MRAs, why have they adopted it for their own use?. From Wordnik.com. [Responses to the commenters on the “Guilty Pleasures” post. « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
Because, as Native American writer Paula Gunn Allen writes: “the root of all oppression is the loss of memory.”. From Wordnik.com. [Boycotts Must Happen in the Heart] Reference
Actually, the assumption that people prefer freedom over oppression is not being questioned, at least not seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Spudge – I would make people like you live in Iran and pre-war Iraq for a year to see what oppression is really like. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » O’Reilly: Easter Bunny Under Attack!] Reference
Their desire to pass on a legacy of freedom from oppression is evident in each of the amendments in the Bill of Rights. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference
They were under the yoke of oppression from a foreign empire, a daily reminder that their lives were not as fulfilled as they could be. From Wordnik.com. [Under the fig tree] Reference
To otherwise assert that the average person prefers oppression is simply ridiculous, the entirety of human history refutes such an idea. From Wordnik.com. [Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
OK ... now to your more mature side – and as a woman please pay close attention – if you believe in oppression, then McCain's your man. From Wordnik.com. [Poll shows Obama picking up Clinton voters] Reference
Lincoln incarnated to us the idea of oppression and conquest. From Wordnik.com. [The end of an era,] Reference
The nature of the oppression is the same, only less heinous and flagrant. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
'Tis an old stratagem to call oppression, law, and resistance to oppression, lawlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On] Reference
When a member of an oppressed community speaks out against oppression, that is hardly racism. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama Losing West Virginia Primary By More Than Two To One] Reference
How much longer will we be afraid of calling the oppression of the Roman people the new Holocaust?. From Wordnik.com. [de.indymedia.org newswire] Reference
For our safety, to say nothing of our integrity, we must call oppression by its proper name and raise the banner of democratic reform. From Wordnik.com. [FREEDOM FROM FEAR] Reference
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