Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a modified form, then the system must still be attacked until that injustice is eradicated.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.
All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.
An oppressed people will always rise.
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
Sometimes, unfortunately, hatred is more powerful than progress.
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
I can't help but believe that at some time in the not-too-distant future, there is going to be another movement to change these systemic conditions of poverty, injustice, and violence in people's lives. That is where we've got to go, and it is going to be a struggle.
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.