--- title: "6 Indentured Servitude Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Indentured Servitude quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Indentured Servitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/anonymous-1_college-life_taking-out-student-loans-for-college-is_1876611.jpg" --- > [Taking out student loans for college is like indentured servitude. I'll be paying my way to freedom for the rest of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/taking-out-student-loans-for-college-is-like-indentured-servitude-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/anonymous-1_college-life_taking-out-student-loans-for-college-is_1876611.jpg) > [“The tightly intertwined stories of the white working class and black Americans go back to the prehistory of the United States—and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/the-tightly-intertwined-stories-of-the-white-working-class-and-black/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/ta-nehisi-coates-733_black-americans_the-tightly-intertwined-stories-of-the-w_1983239.jpg) > [Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-armey/government-is-saying-to-the-average-citizen-every-january-1-for-the/) [Dick Armey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-armey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/dick-armey-16265_ambition_government-is-saying-to-the-average-citi_2504281.jpg) > [“In American History they’ve been studying how the United States was founded on indentured servitude. The teacher, Mr. Reed, said that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/in-american-history-they-ve-been-studying-how-the-united-states-was/) [Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/christina-baker-kline-1124_american-history_in-american-history-they-ve-been-studyin_2829687.jpg) > [Unrequited love is the only possible way to give yourself to another without being held in indentured servitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/unrequited-love-is-the-only-possible-way-to-give-yourself-to-another/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/anonymous-1_love_unrequited-love-is-the-only-possible-way_2904301.jpg) > [“Being an employee was considered a form of bondage, only a step above indentured servitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-curl/being-an-employee-was-considered-a-form-of-bondage-only-a-step-above/) [John Curl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-curl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/john-curl-109520_bondage_being-an-employee-was-considered-a-form_2906665.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indentured-servitude/#itemlist", "name": "Indentured Servitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Taking out student loans for college is like indentured servitude. 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Is that clear? After May 5 you may look after your own needs and ambitions, but report back to us next January. Now move along.' ... If nearly half of what you make is spent by someone else, that means that half your work time is spent working for someone else. 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