Original Quotes – by Afzal Ahamed Malik
reflecting the deep theme of power, oppression, and hidden injustice
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"The cruelest empire is the one that makes its slaves believe they are free."
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"Oppression wears many uniforms — sometimes it walks in with a flag, sometimes with a smile."
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"They told us we had power. What they didn’t say is — only if we never use it against them."
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"The oppressed are not just hurt by the powerful — but by the silence of those who knew better."
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"Democracy promised us a voice. What we got was a script written by the rich."
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"Some nations were not colonized — they simply learned to oppress themselves."
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"Not every prisoner lives behind bars — some live in systems that were built to break them."
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"When your pain is used as a policy, you are not a citizen — you are a resource."
— Afzal Malik