Edward P. Jones Quotes

But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stand up and protest.

Social change can be painful for all involved—oppressor and oppressed.

If god is the root cause for our degradation destroy that god. If it is religion destroy it. If it is Manu Darma, Gita, or any other Mythology (Purana), burn them to ashes. If it is temple, tank, or festival, boycott them. Finally if it is our politics, come forward to declare it openly

The character of Robin Hood stands for the deep anger of the dispossessed against the ruling classes.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.

The wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that the wrong people ensure the wrong political climate and the wrong political climate ensures the wrong people. How then to break free of this vicious circle?

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.

I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.

I'll continue fighting as long as these social injustices exist.

I think history repeats itself. There's a constant conversation between the oppressed and the oppressor. No matter what your field is, whether it's gender equality, the Time's Up movement, or diversity casting, it's always going to be a back-and-forth battle.

Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.

Politicians and lawmakers are willing to watch us take us a knee, watch us march, watch us picket and protest - and wait us out. They are willing and prepared to outlast us - and, in most cases, to do absolutely nothing about the problems we highlight and amplify.

it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks.

We need more radicalism among us before we can speak as becomes a suffering, oppressed, and persecuted people.

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not fast enough, but we all lived from the time we were children to beat the system.

Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.

Our war cries opened the deaf ears of the almighty government and its accomplices.

I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world!