Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Man is, by nature, a slave of numbers; by nurture, a slave of slaves.” — Khayri R.R. Woulfe Copy Share Image
Man invents techniques for own convenience, but they are becomes the largest slave — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin. — John Fund Copy Share Image
Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have… — August Bebel Copy Share Image
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is with the oppressed, enslaved, African race that I cast in my lot; and if I wished anything, I would wish… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery. — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
“THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF OF THE RULING ELITE IS THAT THEY were born to rule, while the vast majority of the populace is… — Jim Marrs Copy Share Image
The main challenge Not For Sale is big and it is modern day slavery, which is a $32billion dollar industry second to… — David Batstone Copy Share Image
In China, the rich enslaved the poor, and in England and Scotland and all over the world, one person, through his power… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
My brother has two children now, so I've been playing aunt Renee. They're two and four. It's chaos. Moms out there, kudos… — Renee Zellweger Copy Share Image
Wherever we've gone around the world, we've found quite significant gaps: the holy texts, no matter which one you turn to, has… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
“That is what the Slave Trade was all about. Not death from poxes and musketry and whippings and malnutrition and melancholy and… — David Bradley Copy Share Image
It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery.… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The American Dream has really good PR. It's kind of difficult to live in the United States and not on some level… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
“Although the First Testament talks about slavery, Middle Eastern slavery was not an inherently oppressive institution like the European slavery accepted under… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it was not really possible for slavery to die peacefully and quietly, while everyone waited hat in hand for the mills… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of… — John Brown Copy Share Image
“It takes no more research than a trip to almost any public library or college to show the incredibly lopsided coverage of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Jimmy said, "We survived slavery. Think about that. Not because we were strong. The American Indians were strong, and they were on… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I think comedy allows people to accept the more difficult parts of history. And history, if it's presented wrong, is just very… — James McBride Copy Share Image
