One of the stories that dominates our family literature was the fact that my maternal grandfather contracted for - I don't know… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished:… — Milton Meltzer Copy Share Image
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere. To practice death is to practice freedom.… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
This is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from… — David Foster Copy Share Image
When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I've turned… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Slavery, you know, is nothing else than the unwilling labor of many. Therefore to get rid of slavery it is necessary that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“One night at a tavern in Virginia’s Greenbrier County, a traveler watched as a group of traders put a coffle of people… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Yes, twenty-seven million in slavery is a lot of people, but it is just .0043 percent of the world's population. Yes, $23… — Kevin Bales Copy Share Image
Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise for me, without a doubt, was that the first black people who came to the United States weren't the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
It's not the suffering of birth, death, love that the young reject, but the suffering of endless labor without dream, eating the… — Meridel Le Sueur Copy Share Image
It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs - a dog exercising… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
“Look neither ahead nor behind, look into yourself, with neither fear nor regret. No one descends into himself so long as he… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
The problem with American democracy is the American corporation, which is a slave holder construct, pure and simple. It's totally invasive, and… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves… — Josip Broz Tito Copy Share Image
“A slave lacks incentives; for him it is better to work slowly and badly, since his effort benefits only the master, but… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The Christian religion alone contemplates the conjugal union in the order of nature; it is the only religion which presents woman to… — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going… — Nicholas Cresswell Copy Share Image
“Civilised man is born and dies a slave. The infant is bound up in swaddling clothes, the corpse is nailed down in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
If you have a slave around the house how can you expect to make a revolution outside it? The problem for women… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow But to whomever gives when you are unable to… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The white man has succeeded in subduing the world by forcing everybody to think his way…The white man's propaganda has made him… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The denial of the right of ownership to a man is a denial of his basic freedom: freedom without property is always… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
The Museum is not meant either for the wanderer to see by accident or for the pilgrim to see with awe. It… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
