„Equality requires Institutions so well adapted, as to prevent the Rich from oppressing those who are not so wealthy as themselves“

— Catherine the Great
„The rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth.“
— Augusto Pinochet
„The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.“
— Andrea Dworkin
„Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.“
— Audre Lorde