We are in a bad position. We are the more obvious oppressors of the negro; but the unchristian prejudice of the north is an oppressor almost equally severe."

Notre position est mauvaise, en ce que nous sommes les oppresseurs avoués du nègre, mais le préjugé antichrétien du Nord l’opprime presque autant.

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

How was it that tyranny had triumphed, delivering nations over to oppressors?

Comment la tyrannie avait-elle triomphé, livrant les peuples aux oppresseurs ?

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile

"That point in misery, which makes the oppressed man regardless of his own life, makes him too Lord of the oppressor's."

Cet excès de misère qui fait que l’homme opprimé ne tient plus compte de sa propre vie, le rend aussi maître de l’oppresseur.

Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims

Le tueur de daims

Cooper, James Fenimore

The Deerslayer

Cooper, James Fenimore

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And behold the tears of such as are oppressed; and on the side of their oppressors there was power. Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive.

La force est du côté des oppresseurs: c’est pourquoi j’estime plus les morts qui sont déjà morts, que les vivants qui sont encore vivants.

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

"And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter." –

Voyez les larmes de ceux qu’on opprime et qui n’ont point de consolation.

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

"My dear cousin, you may as well understand, once for all, that we masters are divided into two classes, oppressors and oppressed.

–  Ma chère cousine, comprenez donc une bonne fois pour toutes, que nous sommes divisés, nous autres maîtres, en deux classes: les oppresseurs et les opprimés.

Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom

La case de l'oncle Tom

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet