Oppression
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And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.
The Grapes of Wrath
Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools
An extreme rigor is sure to arm everything against it
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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