Source: Sky Coyote (1999), Chapter 22 (p. 172)
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
Sam Houston (1793–1863) nineteenth-century American statesman, politician, and soldier, namesake of Houston, Texas
As quoted in the Sam Houston Memorial Museum http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/History/quotes.shtml.
Johann Most (1846–1906) German-American anarchist politician, newspaper editor, and orator
The Beast of Property (1884)
Mark Hawthorne (author) (1962) American activist
"Animal Liberation Is Human Liberation", in OpEdNews.com (11 December 2007) http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mark_haw_071211_animal_liberation_is.htm
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, (1963)
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Quoted in War and Conflict Quotations: A Worldwide Dictionary of Pronouncements from Military Leaders, Politicians, Philosophers, Writers and Others (1997) by Michael C. Thomsett and Jean F. Thomsett
Paraphrased variant: "I doubt if the oppressed ever fight for freedom..."
Context: It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power — power to oppress others. The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.
Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948) Indian politician
In an interview, when asked "But is it not true that Bihar is lacking in development? That despite all your proclamations on social justice the poor and oppressed of the state are still suffering?" ( Q & A: Laloo Prasad Yadav, The Hindu, Mar 22, 2004, 2006-05-08 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2004/03/22/stories/2004032202761200.htm,).
“But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression.”
John Locke book A Letter Concerning Toleration
A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689)
