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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. -- Confucius
Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? -- Manal al-Sharif
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. -- Henry A. Wallace
Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well. -- Rand Paul
Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government? -- Gustavo Gutiérrez
Doubtless the most miserable of men, under the most oppressive government in the world, if allowed the ballot, would use it, if they could see any chance of thereby ameliorating their condition. -- Lysander Spooner
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite. -- Ronald Reagan
I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments. -- Lawrence Wright
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies. -- George W. Bush

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