The idea was both invigorating and oppressive.

As history points out, regimes become oppressive when they're fearful about keeping control.

To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they turned arrogant. They were oppressive people.

To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they turned arrogant. They were oppressive people.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge.

And the people of Noah before that for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

And the people of Noah before that for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

Times have changed, and Saddam Hussein and his oppressive regime are things of the past.

82. The Special Committee was informed about the oppressive ways in which restrictions were implemented.

Israel's continued oppressive occupation remained a source of deep anger and frustration among the Palestinian people.

America's founders hated oppressive British surveillance and unreasonable search and seizure. the issue here is independence.

Violence against women was a symptom of a culture of oppression and was typical of all oppressive relationships.

and has made me dutiful to my mother. He has not made me oppressive, nor bereft of God's blessings.

and has made me dutiful to my mother. He has not made me oppressive, nor bereft of God's blessings.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

It's not just that the rules are bad because the government is too strong and oppressive, as in North Korea.

They said, In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of the oppressive people.

They said, In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of the oppressive people.

It's taken for granted that Chinese factories are oppressive, and that it's our desire for cheap goods that makes them so.

Many of the BWA member bodies around the world are actively engaged in the defence of human rights and the struggle for freedom from oppressive Governments.

103. Conditions of detention for administrative detainees were described as oppressive, including in physical terms, because of the intense heat and lack of ventilation of rooms.

They've all weathered Georgia's oppressive humidity for the nearly eight hours as Brooks lead them on a pilgrimage to the grave sites of the Malcoms and Dorseys.

By the time I got to Beijing in 1995, it was clear to me, the only way to achieve gender equality was to overturn centuries of oppressive tradition.

After all, the violence of political Islam is largely a product of these oppressive regimes. The longer they stay in power, the more violent the Islamist rebellions will be.

Ultimately, the approaches of the big players must be conducive to friendship, must reconcile with and embrace nations that have been alienated and have felt threatened by oppressive policies.

A comprehensive definition of mal Administration is given in the Charter. This definition inter alia includes a decision which is perverse, arbitrary or unreasonable, unjust, biased, oppressive or discriminatory .

More disturbingly, the prison regimes appear to be arbitrary, brutal and oppressive, a situation facilitated by the failure of the judiciary to discharge its obligation to monitor them regularly.

Gravely concerned over the application of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures against some OIC members as they are unjust, oppressive and constitute a blatant violation of provisions of international law

The continuing attacks, closures and oppressive policies of the Israeli occupying forces had resulted in the killing and maiming of thousands of children and the spread of poverty and disease.

Yes, 8 May 1945 was a day of liberation to which the Soviet army contributed decisively. But for millions of Central and East Europeans, liberation was followed by Stalin s oppressive regime.

PRINCETON The Arab world has entered the most dramatic period in its modern history. Oppressive regimes are being swept away, as Arab people finally take their fate into their own hands.

Surely Allah enjoins justice, kindness and the doing of good to kith and kin, and forbids all that is shameful, evil and oppressive. He exhorts you so that you may be mindful.

Surely Allah enjoins justice, kindness and the doing of good to kith and kin, and forbids all that is shameful, evil and oppressive. He exhorts you so that you may be mindful.

The regime in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remained one of the most oppressive in the world, denying its citizens the most basic freedoms of religion, conscience, speech, assembly and association.

Any complaint of unlawful or oppressive action by any government official or authority can be raised with him, either directly or through one of his subordinate officers, and will be investigated thoroughly.

Any complaint of unlawful or oppressive action by any government official or authority can be raised with him, either directly or through one of his subordinate officers, and will be investigated thoroughly.

TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls iPod liberalism the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

The representative noted that the struggle to improve the status of women in South African society paralleled the country s efforts to reconstruct a society out of the legacy of the oppressive apartheid regime.

Those Palestine refugees and all others exiled in different parts of the world must be allowed to return home under the terms of a comprehensive peace process that would end the long, oppressive fait accompli.

Noting that in many cases they may give rise to smuggling and trafficking which greatly benefit mala fide businesspeople often close to the oppressive government authorities which are insensitive to the suffering of their people,

Across Africa, undemocratic and oppressive regimes were supported and sustained by the competing super Powers in the name of their broader goals but, when the cold war ended, Africa was suddenly left to fend for itself.