[Buckeye McFrog]

“The oppressed do not yearn for freedom. They yearn to feel their bootheel against the throat of the oppressor.”

-Maya Angelou

[EnquiringMind]

“The oppressed do not yearn for freedom. They yearn to feel their boot heel against the throat of the oppressor.”

-Maya Angelou

Never knew she was so harsh. Wonder why not? /s, of course

[Olog-hai]

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.

—O’Brien to Winston Smith, Nineteen Eighty-Four

Remarkably similar language employed by Angelou.