A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
This is the fantasy of every woman - to hold at our feet servile and tame slaves, like in Roman times. And… — Thalia Copy Share Image
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The male corporate model is built on a mans greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
For still the new transcends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise up men; the olive waves, With roots deep… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Slave power crushes freedom of speech and of opinion. Slave power degrades labor. Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is… — Elizabeth Van Lew Copy Share Image
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Take special care that thou never trust any friend or servant with any matter that may endanger thine estate; for so shalt… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Each suburban housewife spends her time presiding over a power plant sufficient to have staffed the palace of a Roman emperor with… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not… — Gueorgui Pinkhassov Copy Share Image
The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good. — Shannon Elizabeth Copy Share Image
A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators]… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes... — David Mazzucchelli Copy Share Image
We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
According to the Gorean way of looking at things a taste of the slave ring is thought to be occasionally beneficial to… — John Norman Copy Share Image
In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in… — Mark Mirabello Copy Share Image
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
When we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed anddrawn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late... — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
It is to them I look, to the rising generation, and not to the one now in power, for these great reformations… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
In early times, the great majority of the male sex were slaves, as well as the whole of the female. And many… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
We are aware that the order of God requires the exercise of humility, but not of servility of slaves; but a humility… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Trying to accumulate wealth by the sweat of your brow and hard labor is one way to become the richest man in… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image