Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. — John Denham Copy Share Image
The bachelors admired freedom is often a yoke, for the freer a man is to himself the greater slave he often is… — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it… — Evagrius Ponticus Copy Share Image
“Never pray to be a better slave when God is trying to get you out of your situation.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins,… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for… — Albert J. Beveridge Copy Share Image
I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
Part of what I am dealing with, with this blackness, is asking the question, "Where are those black people, who are as… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of slavery. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your… — Ken Schoolland Copy Share Image
The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The arts alone give direct access to experience. To eliminate them from education - or worse, to tolerate them as cultural ornaments… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When we speak of the origin of western democracy it's precisely here, in this territory that the modern definition of democracy first… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them:… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave. — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
