Repressive Quotes

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. - Don DeLillo

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. - Theodor Adorno

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments. - Jimmy Wales

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

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

We live in a very repressive atmosphere. We are very keen to form our own political party. The regime won't allow us. - Muhammad Habib

We knew we could not raise our son, John, under this repressive regime. So it was just a question of when we were going to leave Cuba. And we couldn't tell anyone because that would expose others to danger. So we left through Mexico in 1964, arriving in the United States soon after. Right before we left, however, there were terrible scenes with Margarita's family and our colleagues in the dance world, who saw us as traitors. It was an incredibly difficult time for us. - John White

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace. - Natan Sharansky

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. - Herbert Marcuse

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. - Azar Nafisi