A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes. — Robert Ripley Copy Share Image
Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct. — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery. — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out? — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“…I would rather lay down my life for others’ freedom than die quietly in slavery.” — Kathy Tyers Copy Share Image
“Free is he who is reputable for not being fearful of losing his reputation.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The first reason for people's slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves. — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a… — Dennis Green Copy Share Image
To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently - forever - half slave and half free?" — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
It is hard to sever the cords that tie us to our slavery and leave intact those that bind us to ourselves. — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“It is said culture requires slaves. I say that no cultured society can be built with slaves. This terrible Twentieth Century has… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against… — Laurence M. Keitt Copy Share Image
Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When every one is to cultivate himself into man, condemning a man to machine-like labor amounts to the same thing as slavery.… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
“This false appearance distinguishes wages labour from other historical forms of labour. On the basis of the wages system even the unpaid… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I add my oath of protection to the bone,' he said in a whisper. 'To you now and to any child you… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I would've written this story [Django] if [Barack] Obama were president or if he never existed. For one, I think it's time… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Donna and Grace and so many people—specifically white people—often have understood slavery, and those held in its grip, only in abstract terms.… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“I’d like to run away, to flee from what I know, from what is mine, from what I love. I want to… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral nature; and as… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image