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title: "Best Slavery Sayings"
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> [“Employment is world slavery”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/employment-is-world-slavery/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [Work without love is slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/work-without-love-is-slavery/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“Freedom without structure is its own slavery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/freedom-without-structure-is-its-own-slavery/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

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> [“Slavery never ended it just evolved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-auliq-ice/slavery-never-ended-it-just-evolved/)

[Oscar Auliq-Ice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-auliq-ice/)

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> [Death is a slave's freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/death-is-a-slave-s-freedom/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [Lean liberty is better than fat slavery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ray/lean-liberty-is-better-than-fat-slavery/)

[John Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ray/)

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> [“WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/war-is-peace-freedom-is-slavery/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/what-shall-we-think-of-a-well-adjusted-slave/)

[Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/)

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> [“It’s just that unwinding makes slavery look good. It’s always the lesser of two evils.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/it-s-just-that-unwinding-makes-slavery-look-good-it-s-always-the/)

[Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/)

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> [“Workers who pick the food we eat cannot afford to feed themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-estabrook/workers-who-pick-the-food-we-eat-cannot-afford-to-feed-themselves/)

Barry Estabrook

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> [“You would really sacrifice your pride over the fate of a handful of slaves?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/you-would-really-sacrifice-your-pride-over-the-fate-of-a-handful-of/)

[C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/)

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> [Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sukarno/where-slavery-is-there-liberty-cannot-be-and-where-liberty-is-there/)

[Sukarno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sukarno/)

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> [Formerly the master selected the slave; today the slave selects his master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-parsons/formerly-the-master-selected-the-slave-today-the-slave-selects-his/)

Albert Parsons

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> [The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-bachmann/the-very-founders-that-wrote-those-documents-worked-tirelessly-until/)

[Michele Bachmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-bachmann/)

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> [Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/slavery-exists-it-is-black-in-the-south-and-white-in-the-north/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

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> [I am against slavery simply because I dislike slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/i-am-against-slavery-simply-because-i-dislike-slaves/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whoopi-goldberg/should-i-be-worried-about-being-a-slave-and-being-returned-to-slavery/)

[Whoopi Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whoopi-goldberg/)

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> [“Jeems was their body servant and, like the dogs, accompanied them everywhere. He had been their childhood playmate and had been given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/jeems-was-their-body-servant-and-like-the-dogs-accompanied-them/)

[Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/)

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> [I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/i-think-most-people-when-you-say-slavery-tend-to-see-a-group-of/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

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> [When every one of your arguments is characterized an attempt to bring back slavery or resegregate lunch counters, it's a little hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/when-every-one-of-your-arguments-is-characterized-an-attempt-to-bring/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/climate-change-is-analogous-to-lincoln-and-slavery-or-churchill-and/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

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> [I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-oyelowo/i-truly-believe-that-one-of-the-things-that-has-been-lacking-in-the/)

[David Oyelowo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-oyelowo/)

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> [“Addiction originally meant a different kind of strong connection: in ancient Rome, being addicted meant you had just been sentenced to slavery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-alter/addiction-originally-meant-a-different-kind-of-strong-connection-in/)

[Adam Alter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-alter/)

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> [It's the new slavery. It came out of the drug laws and it really is something we're going to have to confront,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-wright-edelman/it-s-the-new-slavery-it-came-out-of-the-drug-laws-and-it-really-is/)

[Marian Wright Edelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-wright-edelman/)

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> [How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/how-can-one-be-compelled-to-accept-slavery-i-simply-refuse-to-do-the/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr-2/if-the-cruelties-of-slavery-could-not-stop-us-the-opposition-we-now/)

[Martin Luther King Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr-2/)

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> [Civilization, stretching up to recognize that every child is a portion of State wealth, may presently make some movement to recognize maternity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/civilization-stretching-up-to-recognize-that-every-child-is-a-portion/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

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> [If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-bakhita/if-i-were-to-meet-the-slave-traders-who-kidnapped-me-and-even-those/)

Josephine Bakhita

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> [Housing in New York City has become too expensive for many average wage earners, let alone people with marginal incomes, who find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solly-granatstein/housing-in-new-york-city-has-become-too-expensive-for-many-average/)

[Solly Granatstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solly-granatstein/)

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> [ It's therapy. \[people\] say true healing requires honest confrontation, and that can be seen on a macro scale with America and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-parker/it-s-therapy-people-say-true-healing-requires-honest-confrontation/)

[Nate Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-parker/)

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> [Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. But history is not on their side.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-cooper/some-people-cling-to-the-belief-that-the-civil-war-was-fought-over/)

[Roy Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-cooper/)

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> [“The returns from cotton monopoly powered the modernization of the rest of the American economy, and by the time of the Civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-e-baptist/the-returns-from-cotton-monopoly-powered-the-modernization-of-the/)

[Edward E. Baptist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-e-baptist/)

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> [If we want to understand the actions of a man in the early 1860's, put yourself back there in his shoes. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-holbrook/if-we-want-to-understand-the-actions-of-a-man-in-the-early-1860-s-put/)

[Hal Holbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-holbrook/)

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> [ What words can express her \[the white woman’s\] humiliation when, at the close of this long conflict, the government which she had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-b-anthony/what-words-can-express-her-the-white-woman-s-humiliation-when-at-the/)

[Susan B. Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-b-anthony/)

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> [Communism worked honestly by officials devoid of human frailties and devoted to nothing but the good of its slaves, would have certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/communism-worked-honestly-by-officials-devoid-of-human-frailties-and/)

[Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/)

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> [“Here was a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/upton-sinclair/here-was-a-population-low-class-and-mostly-foreign-hanging-always-on/)

[Upton Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/upton-sinclair/)

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> [“{ Bjørnson on the great Colonel Robert Ingersoll , whom he translated into Norwegian } I am very sorry that, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bj-rnstjerne-bj-rnson/bj-rnson-on-the-great-colonel-robert-ingersoll-whom-he-translated/)

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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> [“If the Baron meets with a parcel of negro ships carrying whites into slavery to work upon their plantations in a cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolph-erich-raspe/if-the-baron-meets-with-a-parcel-of-negro-ships-carrying-whites-into/)

Rudolph Erich Raspe

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> [Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/theoretically-you-can-make-obviously-a-powerful-argument-that/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [It surprises people that there's actually a very large number of slaves in the world today-our best estimate is 27 million. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bales/it-surprises-people-that-there-s-actually-a-very-large-number-of/)

[Kevin Bales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-bales/)

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