
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
As quoted in the Sam Houston Memorial Museum http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/History/quotes.shtml.
Source: Sky Coyote (1999), Chapter 22 (p. 172)
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
As quoted in the Sam Houston Memorial Museum http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/History/quotes.shtml.
The Beast of Property (1884)
"Animal Liberation Is Human Liberation", in OpEdNews.com (11 December 2007) http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mark_haw_071211_animal_liberation_is.htm
1960s, (1963)
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.
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.”
A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689)