Iran's rulers oppress a good and talented people.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

The fact is if law and order breaks down in the country, or if Mugabe is utterly resistant to change and continues to oppress violently people's human rights, then I hope the African neighbours will do whatever it takes to secure his departure and a democratic government.

BBC: Interview with Lord Malloch Brown

The other is the long history of hatred between Kosovo's Serbs and the ethnic Albanians they used to oppress.

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