On this day, millions of people...throughout the world will gather to commemorate the life of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. From his… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain, The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord, Some back a mare thrown from… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and self-respect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Alike to the slave and his oppressor cometh night with sweet refreshment, and half of the life of the most wretched is… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
I'm a slave to the beats of the story, not to the words we use to tell the story. — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
Essayists must not only be succinct but have original ideas and, even harder to come by, or to fake, likable voices. Consciously… — Cyra McFadden Copy Share Image
We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor. — David Brion Davis Copy Share Image
I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work, i had too many… — Omar Sharif Copy Share Image
When the passage "All men are born free and equal," when that passage was being written were not some of the signers… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Setting aside the vast herd which shows no definable character at all, it seems to me that the minority distinguished by what… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The true savage is a slave, and is always talking about what he must do; the true civilised man is a free… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
