Maz Jobrani

Humor is always important. There are people who help us deal with difficulty or hardship; from the concentration camps to the court jester, there was a need for humor. As long as these kinds of things exist, with repressive regimes, you need it to deal with the weight of daily life.

American Comedian

David E. Sanger

After more than two decades of traveling with American presidents and chief diplomats - on visits to places that have included some of the world's most repressive nations - I am used to watching leaders disappear behind closed doors.

American Journalist

Jonathan Zittrain

One repressive state after another has had to face the dilemma of wanting abundant Internet for economic advancement, while ruing the ways in which its citizens can become empowered to express themselves fearlessly.

American Educator

Noam Chomsky

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.

American Activist

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.

Statesman

Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Clearly, we must denounce militaristic approaches to global unrest and find life-affirming ways to end repressive cycles of violence rooted in discrimination, humiliation, and despair.

Natan Sharansky

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.

Russian Writer

John Kani

I couldn't really say that a repressive society would result in creative art. But somehow it does help, it is an ingredient, it acts as a Catalyst to a man who is committed.

South African Actor

Jimmy Wales

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.

American Businessman

Aung San Suu Kyi

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

Burmese Activist

Indicates harsh, unjust control in a political or social context, often creating a negative atmosphere.

Oppressive Control

'Repressive' often suggests an abuse of power or human rights violations.

Negative Connotation

Implies forcing people to follow rules or laws, usually through intimidation or coercion.

Forces Obedience

Describes situations that can emotionally restrict or shape a person's behavior and expression.

Emotional Impact

Often implies personal growth or expression is being limited by external factors.

Personal Restrictions

Highlights internal or psychological forces that restrain actions or feelings.

Inhibition

 disagreement between liberals and conservatives because liberals reject three of these foundations they say no let's celebrate diversity not common in group membership they say let's question authority and they say keep your laws off my body liberals have very noble motives for doing this traditional authority traditional morality can be quite repressive and restrictive to those at

The moral roots of...

 and, "Let's question authority," and, "Keep your laws off my body." Liberals have very noble motives for doing this. Traditional authority and morality can be quite repressive and restrictive to those at the bottom, to women, to people who don't fit in. Liberals speak for the weak and oppressed. They want change and justice, even at the risk of chaos.

Jonathan Haidt: The...

 because our fire trucks did not have water. I grew up under repressive military governments that devalued education, so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared,

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 But if you're a repressive government searching for political enemies, you might instead remove them, eliminate them, disrupt their social group, and those who remain behind lose social cohesion and organization. Now in a world of cheap, proliferating robotic weapons,

Daniel Suarez: The kill...

 of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head and food on their plate, which few countries have achieved." "But these advances could still have happened, even without Lenin and the repressive regime he established."

History vs. Vladimir...

 and the things that came at the time I walked into design were the enemy. I really, really, really hated the typeface Helvetica. I thought the typeface Helvetica was the cleanest, most boring, most fascistic, really repressive typeface,

Paula Scher: Great...

 release it was really unbelievable and for me being in prison it meant a lot not only to me but also to my fellow prisoners right because they recognized that this was a people struggle against a repressive regime so I'll just show

Storytellers Summit Day...

 We had only one to overthrow a corrupt, repressive and single-party dictatorship that had kept itself in power for over 25 years. But in the end, it wasn't a violent coup.

A vision for the future...

 and yet -- we have repressive policies that detain child asylum seekers, that separate children from their families,

Our refugee system is...

 neither benefits from capitalism nor from democratic systems. Most of the globe experiences the state as repressive,