Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity,… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close… — Solomon Northup Copy Share Image
“This is how you will remember that you are mine. Every painful touch, every aching hug, will remind you - that you… — Prashant Chopra Copy Share Image
I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“You hide it well, but I can see it, Lord Verniers. You hate us. We have beaten you to obedience but it's… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish… — Sheldon Vanauken Copy Share Image
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
A man working for wages his whole life is not really free. That is why Jefferson said, you have to own land.… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers,… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe,… — Hasdai ibn Shaprut Copy Share Image
The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of… — Charles Hummel Copy Share Image
Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be sold… — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality). — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
There, in the middle of this mall is the Washington Monument, 555 feet high. But if we put a one in front… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
