Quotes about Oppression

Totalitarianism always starts with restrictions on the rights of others. We must avoid this at all costs. George Washington even said, "If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Two hundred years ago when slavery was going on it was illegal to educate a slave, particularly to teach them to read. Why do you think that was? Because when you educate a man, you liberate a man.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

Let's consider a series of lessons that lay the groundwork for our discussion of breaking free. I will list them as nine lessons about captivity and freedom. LESSON 1 The people of God can be oppressed by the enemy.

Oppression is hardball. Though the range can vary, oppression is the closest Satan or his demons can get to a believer.

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.