“In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressors I recognize my own hands.”
"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future.”
“The world has never lacked for horrifying examples; but I do not believe that these examples are meant to be used as justification for our own crimes.”
“There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.”
"The grounding of Christian ethics in the oppressed community means that the oppressor cannot decide what Christian behavior is."
"Evil can be opposed without being mirrored. Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated. Enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed."
"The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension."
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.