Repress Quotes

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition. - James Hillman

When the Burmese government tries to blame the victims for the crime, and say that (democracy activist) Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are responsible for their own repression, I can only reply that much the same was once said about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel... The world is not fooled. And we must not be silent. - Madeleine Albright

When people repress grief, the grief finds its way out, typically as guilt or anger. Certainly using a hammer appropriately can be a way to exorcise their anger. - Steve George

When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score. - Enoch Powell

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. - Abbie Hoffman

What the movie is most deeply about -- it's about our own latent possibilities of repression, stereotyping and prejudice... To see Americans rounded up in the streets, to see Americans put into stadiums, to see people held without habeas corpus -- to have their rights violated in such a way is such a chilling and just terrifying thing to see -- that is what one takes away, I believe, from this film. - Ed Zwick

We've made it clear to China on numerous occasions and at very senior levels that the war on terrorism must not be misused to repress legitimate political grievances or dissent. - Richard Boucher

Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential. - Susan Rice

Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive. - Luc Ferrari