There was no slavery in the free city of Pentos…

He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.

— Khalil Gibran

Debt is the slavery of the free.

— Publilius Syrus

They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels…

— Khalil Gibran

One of the hugest ways that will make an impact, which is only in its infancy right now, is corporate accountability. Consumers at the…

— Mira Sorvino

As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.

— Butterfly McQueen

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held as slaves…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Mungu hutumia watu 'wajinga' na 'wapumbavu' kufanya mambo makubwa katika maisha yao na ya watu wengine. Katika Biblia, Musa aliitwa mjinga alipokiuka amri ya…

— Enock Maregesi

The slave and those whose present life is miserable and who can find no consolation in the heavens are assured that at least the…

— Albert Camus

I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown…

— Wynton Marsalis

If we gotta fight and die for America, why should we be treated like slaves in America?

— Hosea Williams

“The master doesn’t need to chain his slaves; their needs will chain them to him. You can end slavery by the stroke of a…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Every nation is part of the history we inherit, blacks and whites, slaves and gods; we have no other option, embracing each other.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…

— Abraham Lincoln

In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we…

— Allison Schroeder

I free slaves because I believe we are all created equal. I just can't think of anything that has a higher purpose than putting…

— Virginia Williams