We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“But my soul, From sight and sense of the polluting woe Of tyranny, had long learned to prefer Hell's freedom to the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Servitude had become a habit and posture of her body, in a way that felt painfully familiar:” — Mia Alvar Copy Share Image
I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
“I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Something must happen; that is the reason for most human relationships. Something must happen; even servitude in love, in war, ordeath. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke. — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
Mistress, I have never asked anything of you in my servitude. But now, I beg you this: do not make me keep… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“No individual, by the very state of existence, can avoid life as a form of servitude; it only remains for us to… — Carolyn Weber Copy Share Image
Both Moscow and [Kiev], the modern and the ancient capitals, were reduced to ashes [by the Tartars]; a temporary ruin, less fatal… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
There's this whole problem of trafficking, which has gotten worse in the economic downturn, which disproportionately affects young women, but also affects… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Maybe it's the remnants of my religious upbringing, but I do try and insert a sense of social justice into the work.… — Patricia Rozema Copy Share Image
Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Modern slavery - be it bonded labor, involuntary servitude, or sexual slavery - is a crime and cannot be tolerated in any… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Statutes that curtail her abortion choice are disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude, prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment, in that forced pregnancy requires… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“Do What Thou Wilt; because men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur… — François Rabelais Copy Share Image
...heroine: the artist, the premier mistress writhering in a garden graced w/highly polished blades of grass... release (ethiopium) is the drug...an animal… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
By its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The vain, inconstant, rebellious disposition of the people [of Armorica], was incompatible either with freedom or servitude. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
For we did not and do not wish the Temple to be placed in any servitude except that which is fitting. — Jacques de Molay Copy Share Image
Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants. — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The highest type of free men should be sought where the highest resistance is constantly overcome: five steps from tyranny, close to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Being an employee was considered a form of bondage, only a step above indentured servitude.” — John Curl Copy Share Image
“The enlightened are servants of the rich and poor, helpers of the weak and powerful, friends of the lowly and eminent. They… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
All forms of involuntary servitude are prohibited, not only slavery but also conscription, forced association, and forced welfare distribution. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image