42 Movie Quotes about Oppression (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Oct 1, 2025

Memorable quotes about oppression, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 From each rebel city of Cappadocia, Syria, and Egypt, five thousand persons are to be taken and crucified, five thousand persons from each city to be burned alive.

Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

32 I despise oppression, as do many others here. We need to be Spartan to endure it. And we need to be understood.

Rossana Podestà as Helen Of Troy in Helen of Troy (1956)

33 He takes two thirds of our harvest, and still think we cheat him!

Lamont Johnson as Ogami Itto, English Voice in Shogun Assassin (1980)

34 Yeah, I mean, come on, Pink. I can't believe this. You act like you're so oppressed.

Jason London as Randall "Pink" Floyd in Dazed and Confused (1993)

35 The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of despised love, the law's delay.

Charlie Chaplin as King Shahdov in A King in New York (1957)

36 The Wadiyan people love being oppressed!

Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Aladeen in The Dictator (2012)

37 Graciously harken to us, as soldiers who call upon thee, that armed with thy power, we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish thy justice among men and nations.

George C. Scott as General George Patton in Patton (1970)

38 I tried to find out what was wrong, but she never had an answer except to say that... that something was oppressing her.

Vincent Price as Nicholas Medina, Sebastian Medina in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

39 Now the oppressed have been given a mighty sword with which to strike back at their enemies.

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies

40 We, the soldiers of the national liberation front of America, in the name of the workers, and all the oppressed of this imperialist country, have struck a fatal blow to the racist police stick!

Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in Escape from New York