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"These rules lack humanity and rationality, and they oppress us every day."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024

But that doesn’t mean she’s motivated by a desire to oppress.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2024

“If anything it doesn’t oppress or keep us from our voice from being heard. If anything it makes it louder.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

Cecile wouldn’t tell us to smile at anyone who tried to oppress us.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Film critic Robin Wood famously argued that "the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023

“We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

Ms. Kouchner quotes a saying dear to her father Bernard: “Between the strong and the weak, it’s liberty that oppresses and the law that liberates.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

We must stand up amid a system that still oppresses us and develop an unassailable and majestic sense of values.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Traditional religion might not have worked out, or perhaps users are feeling oppressed by the Almighty Algorithm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Years later, she testified against him, but rather than feeling empowered, she felt "oppressed and helpless" as she watched the man walk free under decades-old laws Hong Kong is now seeking to overhaul.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

This led to head coach Amir Ghalenoei saying they are the "most oppressed" team at the tournament following a 2-2 draw with New Zealand in Los Angeles in their opening game.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

He stands up in the synagogue in Nazareth and proclaims release for the captive, sight for the blind, freedom for the oppressed.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

“But those things don’t touch the fundamental problem involved here. This boy comes from an oppressed people. Even if he’s done wrong, we must take that into consideration.”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The mayor fumbled when asked in a radio show about the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group that China has been accused of oppressing, saying “What’s a Uygher?”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

"You can't recruit people from the same group you are oppressing on a day-to-day basis," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023

She said she would do everything within the EU framework to reach the point of imposing sanctions against those responsible for oppressing women in Iran.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022

In this country, as much as we have this long tradition of excluding and oppressing, we also have a tradition of overcoming and resilience and fighting together.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2021

To them, it was a matter of the Haves oppressing the Have-nots.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela