“Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave,” said Vorbis. “So I understand,” said the Tyrant. “I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“slavery was a worldwide institution, entrenched on every inhabited continent, subjugating people of every color, language, and religion,” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Everything on this earth right now is about labor and slavery. War is the only American export left that anyone wants to… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The emerging picture is one where slavery, oppression and exploitation of society's most vulnerable members have by no means been consigned to… — Juan Somavia Copy Share Image
Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that our children know different kinds of people, eat different kinds of food, and learn our true… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
As we all know, the evil of slavery and the sting of the whip have given us many things including the voice… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What shall we think of a government to which all the truly brave and just men in the land are enemies, standing… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
“Look at me I am the life in a wasteland Look at me I am the slavery through the ages Look at… — Rixa White Copy Share Image
There's an old saying in the days of slavery, there are those slaves who lived on the plantation, and there were those… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
May slavery be banished forever together with the distinction between castes, all remaining equal, so Americans may only be distinguished by vice… — Jose Maria Morelos Y Pavón Copy Share Image
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Individuals who have been wronged by unlawful racial discrimination should be made whole; but under our Constitution there can be no such… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The greatest number of drug addicts are to be found in Teheran and in Karachi, not in the West. Not in New… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
“Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. When I went there, she was a pious, warm, and tender-hearted… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life. — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If there is a State, there must be domination of one class by another and, as a result, slavery; the State without… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I think enslavement has evolved to what may seem appropriate to this day's generation. Modern enslavement is imprisonment. — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“What do you see out there?” I ask. “Pittsburgh,” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
I Became a free woman when I decided to stop dreaming, freedom that is waiting for nothing .. and anticipation is a… — Ahlam Mosteghanemi Copy Share Image
Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of people cannot possess something they value without being possessed by it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Keep on complaining about slavery and that was over 40 to 50 years ago. You know, black folks need to move on. — Ludacris Copy Share Image
Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Wait wait wait. He isn't glad he's here because he has a successful career, or lives in the 'land of the free',… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
The buying and selling of women, girls and boys is a frightening modern day form of slavery that must be stopped. — Chris Hansen Copy Share Image
Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery? — Tatyana Ali Copy Share Image
If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image