Quotes about Oppression

I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. Exodus 3:7

God hears the cry of the oppressed. He even hears the cries of those whose oppression is a result of sin and rebellion.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. Psalm 74:21

God is always waiting for us to come to Him, so we can be set free from anything that keeps us from becoming more like Him. To the children of Israel in bondage in Egypt, God said He saw their oppression, heard their cry, and knew their sorrows, so He came to deliver them (Exodus 3:7-8). Know that He will do the same for you.

Gross injustice demonstrates a basic premise: in our world, something is terribly wrong and cries out to be put right.

While Christians in America have worshipped without the fear or threat of physical abuse for their beliefs, thousands of their brothers in Christ throughout the world have been tortured and martyred for confessing the name of Christ.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

The world should not pass judgement upon the Negro, and especially the Negro youth, too quickly or too harshly. The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

From his example in this respect I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak. It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

The study of art that does not result in making the strong less willing to suppress the weak means little.

In many cases it seemed to me that the ignorance of my race was being used as a tool with which to help white men into office, and that there was an element in the North which wanted to punish the Southern white men by forcing the Negro into positions over the heads of the Southern whites.