--- title: "5 Slave Say Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Slave Say quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Slave Say sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_coward_i-was-a-coward-and-a-slave-i-say-this-wi_116350.jpg" --- > [“I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/i-was-a-coward-and-a-slave-i-say-this-without-the-slightest/) [Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_coward_i-was-a-coward-and-a-slave-i-say-this-wi_116350.jpg) > [“For that particular community, for my community, the message has long been clear: The Civil War is a story for white people—acted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/for-that-particular-community-for-my-community-the-message-has-long/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/ta-nehisi-coates-733_civil-war_for-that-particular-community-for-my-com_554094.png) > [“We make her paint her face and dance If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-make-her-paint-her-face-and-dance-if-she-won-t-be-a-slave-we-say/) [John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/john-lennon-322_love-u_we-make-her-paint-her-face-and-dance-if_1512044.jpg) > [“Don’t,’ he said, ‘talk about it like—’ ‘Like?’ ‘Like it was cold-blooded; like I controlled it. Like we didn’t both close our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/don-t-he-said-talk-about-it-like-like-like-it-was-cold-blooded-like-i/) [C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/c-s-pacat-628_ur-eyes_don-t-he-said-talk-about-it-like-like-li_2872954.jpg) > [“CLYTEMNESTRA What ails thee, raising this ado for us? SLAVE I say the dead are come to slay the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/clytemnestra-what-ails-thee-raising-this-ado-for-us-slave-i-say-the/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/aeschylus-749_life_clytemnestra-what-ails-thee-raising-this_3226254.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slave-say/#itemlist", "name": "Slave Say Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. 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