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title: "Inspiring Slavery Words"
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> [“Too much freedom seems to change into nothing but too much slavery, both for private man and city.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/too-much-freedom-seems-to-change-into-nothing-but-too-much-slavery/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“We’re not descendants of slaves. We’re descendants of free people who were enslaved.' Francia Márquez Mina, Afro-Colombian Vice President of Colombia”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francia-m-rquez-mina/we-re-not-descendants-of-slaves-we-re-descendants-of-free-people-who/)

[Francia Márquez Mina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francia-m-rquez-mina/)

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> [“In Rome, too, slaves were the sunshine of every day and the nightmare of every night. Slavery stoked the empire’s life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/in-rome-too-slaves-were-the-sunshine-of-every-day-and-the-nightmare/)

[Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/)

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> [I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/i-pity-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-any-individual-who-is-so/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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> [When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/when-the-hour-comes-for-dealing-with-slavery-i-trust-i-will-be/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [ That slow poison \[slavery\] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/that-slow-poison-slavery-is-daily-contaminating-the-minds-and-morals/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

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> [“Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/those-who-see-poverty-looking-for-human-slaves-to-capture-will-tell/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-ann-jacobs/if-a-slave-is-unwilling-to-go-with-his-new-master-he-is-whipped-or/)

[Harriet Ann Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-ann-jacobs/)

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> [Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keegan/slavery-in-the-modern-world-implies-the-absolute-deprivation-of-the/)

[John Keegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keegan/)

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> [A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/a-conclusion-i-ve-come-to-at-the-idler-is-that-it-starts-with/)

[Tom Hodgkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hodgkinson/)

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> [Never before in human history have so few owed so much to so many, Mr. Jiabao. A handful of men in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/never-before-in-human-history-have-so-few-owed-so-much-to-so-many-mr/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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> [“To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth of her which was black outvoted the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/to-all-intents-and-purposes-roxy-was-as-white-as-anybody-but-the-one/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-campbell/it-was-the-law-that-if-a-white-man-was-caught-trying-to-educate-a/)

[John W. Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-campbell/)

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> [What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amma-asante/what-i-hope-is-that-this-wider-pattern-of-films-about-slavery-that-s/)

[Amma Asante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amma-asante/)

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> [Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/now-a-slave-is-not-held-by-any-legal-contract-obligation-duty-or/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/if-he-s-the-inference-is-that-somehow-he-thinks-slavery-is-a-is-a/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [My people couldn't have survived slavery without having hope that it would get better. And there's some songs from the 19th and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/my-people-couldn-t-have-survived-slavery-without-having-hope-that-it/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/if-a-man-really-believes-that-god-once-upheld-slavery-that-he/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [“When people think of slavery, they think of whips, chains and neurological implants. While these things may be necessary, the real tools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalin-ringkvist/when-people-think-of-slavery-they-think-of-whips-chains-and/)

[Kalin Ringkvist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalin-ringkvist/)

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> [“Political writers argue in regard to the love of liberty with the same philosophy that philosophers do in regard to the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/political-writers-argue-in-regard-to-the-love-of-liberty-with-the/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [All socialism involves slavery… That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/all-socialism-involves-slavery-that-which-fundamentally-distinguishes/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-paramount-object-in-this-struggle-is-to-save-the-union-and-is-not/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-didn-t-have-a-knee-jerk-reaction-like-some-people-did-to-the/)

[Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/)

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> [What the working man sells is not directly his Labor, but his Laboring Power, the temporary disposal of which he makes over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/what-the-working-man-sells-is-not-directly-his-labor-but-his-laboring/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dale-owen/can-you-look-forward-to-the-future-of-our-country-and-imagine-any/)

[Robert Dale Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dale-owen/)

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> [To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/to-end-slavery-you-must-overcome-the-mental-and-physical-inertia-of/)

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

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> [I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/i-am-principled-against-this-kind-of-traffic-in-the-human-species-and/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery and when I cried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sojourner-truth/and-ain-t-i-a-woman-i-have-borne-thirteen-children-and-seen-most-all/)

[Sojourner Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sojourner-truth/)

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> [I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/i-grew-up-in-north-carolina-being-told-that-the-bible-approves/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingrid-newkirk/pet-ownership-is-slavery-animals-are-not-ours-to-eat-wear-experiment/)

[Ingrid Newkirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingrid-newkirk/)

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> [“Ownership breeds slavery: with every single thing that you acquire, comes a new worry of not losing that thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/ownership-breeds-slavery-with-every-single-thing-that-you-acquire/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve-it-not-for-themselves-and-2/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/dictatorship-naturally-arises-out-of-democracy-and-the-most/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“Slaves wait for freedom to fall like music upon their ears whereas kings strive to take it by force”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fadel-chehade/slaves-wait-for-freedom-to-fall-like-music-upon-their-ears-whereas/)

[Fadel Chehade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fadel-chehade/)

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> [How can people love you ,even you know to yourself ,you hurts them the way you treats them..So even your are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariane-corbito/how-can-people-love-you-even-you-know-to-yourself-you-hurts-them-the/)

[Mariane Corbito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariane-corbito/)

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> [My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-paramount-objective-in-this-struggle-is-to-save-the-union-and-is/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [If I thought, had any idea, that I'd ever be a slave again, I'd take a gun an' jus end it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fountain-hughes/if-i-thought-had-any-idea-that-i-d-ever-be-a-slave-again-i-d-take-a/)

[Fountain Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fountain-hughes/)

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> [The sky is dark. But to understand something is to give light. Those who deny liberty to the slaves may have white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-baldorioty-de-castro/the-sky-is-dark-but-to-understand-something-is-to-give-light-those/)

[Roman Baldorioty de Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-baldorioty-de-castro/)

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> [Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/every-time-that-a-people-which-has-long-crouched-in-slavery-and/)

[Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/)

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> [Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/their-blood-has-washed-out-their-foul-footsteps-pollution-no-refuge/)

[Francis Scott Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-scott-key/)

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                        "text": "A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work into something that isn’t drudgery and slavery, and then work and life can become one thing.",
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                        "text": "Never before in human history have so few owed so much to so many, Mr. Jiabao. A handful of men in this country have trained the remaining 99.9 percent—as strong, as talented, as inteligent in every way—to exist in perpetual servitude; a servitude so strong that you can put the key of his emancipation in a man's hands and he will throw it back at you with a curse.",
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                        "text": "“To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth of her which was black outvoted the other fifteen parts and made her a Negro. She was a slave, and salable as such.”",
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                        "text": "What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've turned a corner as filmmakers of color and that we're moving forward in our confidence and in the film industry not being afraid of our telling these stories and in giving us the opportunity to bring our vision to the screen.",
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                        "text": "My people couldn't have survived slavery without having hope that it would get better. And there's some songs from the 19th and 18th century that say [sings], \"By and by, by and by, I will lay down, this heavy load.\" And I mean, so many songs that spoke of hope and understand it better by and by. Amazing songs. So that the slaves, just knowing that he, she, did not have the right legally to walk within one inch away from where the slave owner dictated, and yet the same person, wrote and sang with fervor, \"If the lord wants somebody, here am I, send me.\" It's amazing.",
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                        "text": "If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed in polygamy; that he persecuted for opinion's sake; that he will punish forever, and that he hates an unbeliever, the effect in my judgment will be bad. It always has been bad. This belief built the dungeons of the Inquisition. This belief made the Puritan murder the Quaker.",
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                        "text": "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.",
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                        "text": "And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery and when I cried out with my mother's grief none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?",
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                        "text": "I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God.",
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                        "text": "Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.",
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