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title: "8 Slavery Slave Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Slavery Slave quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Slavery Slave sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I had rather starve to death here, being a free man, than to have plenty in slavery. I cannot be a slave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-drew/i-had-rather-starve-to-death-here-being-a-free-man-than-to-have/)

[Benjamin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-drew/)

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> [To make your life being a writer, it's an auto-slavery ... you are both the slave and the task-master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/to-make-your-life-being-a-writer-it-s-an-auto-slavery-you-are-both/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/susan-sontag-332_life_to-make-your-life-being-a-writer-it-s-an_468993.jpg)

> [. . . what a burning shame it is that many of the pieces on the subject of slavery and the slave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-purvis/what-a-burning-shame-it-is-that-many-of-the-pieces-on-the-subject-of/)

[Robert Purvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-purvis/)

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> [The worst form of slavery is when the slave believes he is free. This is how women under Islam feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wafa-sultan/the-worst-form-of-slavery-is-when-the-slave-believes-he-is-free-this/)

[Wafa Sultan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wafa-sultan/)

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> [TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/truth-when-a-child-believes-he-must-win-to-be-worthy-when-young/)

[Tom Shadyac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-shadyac/)

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> [The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-most-onerous-slavery-is-to-be-a-slave-to-oneself/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/some-people-try-to-get-you-out-of-slavery-for-you-to-be-their-slave/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/mike-tyson-752_get_some-people-try-to-get-you-out-of-slaver_2892688.jpg)

> [In most places, when people hear about or see something that is a symbol or representation or evidence of slavery or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/in-most-places-when-people-hear-about-or-see-something-that-is-a/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

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