--- title: "1 Slave labor Quotes By Norman F. Cantor" description: "1 Slave labor quotes by Norman F. Cantor. Plus more from Norman F. Cantor and more Slave labor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/norman-f-cantor-15048_economics_an-economy-built-on-slave-labor-is-vulne_2164303.jpg" --- > [ “An economy built on slave labor is vulnerable in two ways. One, availability of forced labor discourages technical innovation. The very wealthy \[Roman\]empire experienced no industrial revolutions. Two -- even more crucial -- slaves do not reproduce their own numbers.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/an-economy-built-on-slave-labor-is-vulnerable-in-two-ways-one/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/norman-f-cantor-15048_economics_an-economy-built-on-slave-labor-is-vulne_2164303.jpg) ## More by Norman F. Cantor > [“The central government was a despotism tempered by military rebellion and assassination and replacement of one scurvy lot of ruling dynasts by another. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-central-government-was-a-despotism-tempered-by-military-rebellion/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“A very long time ago, some 2.5 million years B.C., the mother of human species as we know it, our ultimate ancestor, appeared in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/a-very-long-time-ago-some-2-5-million-years-b-c-the-mother-of-human/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“Saint Paul was proud of his Roman citizenship, and his letter to various Christian communities in the empire presupposed an effective communications system that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/saint-paul-was-proud-of-his-roman-citizenship-and-his-letter-to/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“In the field of medicine, Galen, the Alexandrian scientist, propounded a view that is still around, nowadays called 'alternative medicine.'It was taught in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/in-the-field-of-medicine-galen-the-alexandrian-scientist-propounded-a/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“There was some kind of cultural cause for the decline of the ancient world. It was neither corruption of public spirit nor Christianity. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/there-was-some-kind-of-cultural-cause-for-the-decline-of-the-ancient/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“The only clear expression of intellectual dissent from hydraulic despotism occurred in the southern half of the coastal lands of the eastern Mediterranean, called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-only-clear-expression-of-intellectual-dissent-from-hydraulic/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“The German economic historian Fanz Oertel in the 1950s points to another drastic consequence of a slave economy. A slave economy initially allowed an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-german-economic-historian-fanz-oertel-in-the-1950s-points-to/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“The classical heritage as shaped by and filtered through Roman culture had two great flaws. First, it prevented the very rich oral cultures of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-classical-heritage-as-shaped-by-and-filtered-through-roman/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“The Gnostics (also called Manichees) postulated that there were two gods -- the Christian God of goodness and light, and an evil anti-God of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-gnostics-also-called-manichees-postulated-that-there-were-two/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“There is no doubt that to the ancients of circa 100 A.S., games implied bloodshed; but gladiators' hand-to-hand combats to the death featured in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/there-is-no-doubt-that-to-the-ancients-of-circa-100-a-s-games-implied/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“Christian legend later claimed that Peter also went to Rome and there became head of the Christian community, that is, a bishop. Both Peter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/christian-legend-later-claimed-that-peter-also-went-to-rome-and-there/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [ “In response to \[the Philistine\] threat \[in the ninth century B.C.\], the Hebrews could no longer rely on the leadership of 'judges,' ad hoc… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/in-response-to-the-philistine-threat-in-the-ninth-century-b-c-the/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“Because the Egyptians had no feeling that events of the moment were transitory, they viewed the present as eternal. The world was static; what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/because-the-egyptians-had-no-feeling-that-events-of-the-moment-were/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“While many Greeks (although not Thucydides) thought that history moved in circles, repeating itself infinitely, the Jewish idea that each event was singular and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/while-many-greeks-although-not-thucydides-thought-that-history-moved/) [Norman F. Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-f-cantor/) > [“The end of Egypt's isolation turned what had been only occasional and incidental contact with the rest of the Near East into a constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-f-cantor/the-end-of-egypt-s-isolation-turned-what-had-been-only-occasional-and/) [Norman F. 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