Oppressive Laws

Famous quotes containing the words oppressive and/or laws:

“It is most oppressive to be an aunt.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)

“The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant’s economy is a coarse symbol of the soul’s economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)