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title: "Inspiring Slavery Lines"
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> [The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-true-objection-to-slavery-is-not-that-it-is-unjust-to-the/)

[H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/)

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> [Maya Angelou's poem 'Still I Rise' encapsulates the spirit of Slavery Remembrance Day, as it commemorates the resilience and strength to overcome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-n-green/maya-angelou-s-poem-still-i-rise-encapsulates-the-spirit-of-slavery/)

[Al N. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-n-green/)

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> [Like Lincoln said: "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong," and I feel the same way about the leftist dismantling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/like-lincoln-said-if-slavery-is-not-wrong-nothing-is-wrong-and-i-feel/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

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> [I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malachi-kirby/i-was-taught-about-slavery-but-it-was-the-ancient-egyptians-that-s/)

[Malachi Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malachi-kirby/)

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> [ Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. \[Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/excessive-liberty-leads-both-nations-and-individuals-into-excessive/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [“It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/it-appears-accordingly-from-the-experience-of-all-ages-and-nations-i/)

[Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/)

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> [A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/a-life-of-reaction-is-a-life-of-slavery-intellectually-and/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

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> [Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/let-not-the-12-million-negroes-be-ashamed-of-the-fact-that-they-are/)

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

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> [This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/this-war-must-go-on-till-the-last-of-this-generation-falls-in-his/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [“The best time to do anything, get drunk, surf, run, take a walk, gamble, make love, get high, watch a movie, read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-black/the-best-time-to-do-anything-get-drunk-surf-run-take-a-walk-gamble/)

[Robert Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-black/)

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> [“In 1891 the Brazilian Minister of Finance decreed the abolition of history; he ordered the destruction of every document which dealt in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-herbstein/in-1891-the-brazilian-minister-of-finance-decreed-the-abolition-of/)

[Manu Herbstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manu-herbstein/)

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> [“Slaves in the past were captured by force; today’s slaves surrender themselves. The masters are the same old folk (who are now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/slaves-in-the-past-were-captured-by-force-today-s-slaves-surrender/)

[Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

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> [Our people historically have gone through a lot. That is our story. You can trace it all the way back to slavery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan-bailey/our-people-historically-have-gone-through-a-lot-that-is-our-story-you/)

[Donovan Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan-bailey/)

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> [“Larsson was an active and lifelong feminist, partly for personal reasons but also because he saw that ending gender slavery was as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-farrelly/larsson-was-an-active-and-lifelong-feminist-partly-for-personal/)

[Elizabeth Farrelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-farrelly/)

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> [As a white, female, half-Jewish writer, when I read 'The Underground Railroad,' it reminded me that America isn't just the sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-blum/as-a-white-female-half-jewish-writer-when-i-read-the-underground/)

[Jenna Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenna-blum/)

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> [ These semi-traitors \[Union generals who were not hostile to slavery\] must be watched. Let us be careful who become army leaders in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/these-semi-traitors-union-generals-who-were-not-hostile-to-slavery/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Jesus treats patriarchy the way he treats much else of the law and custom of his time: ambiguously, suggestively, and sometimes subversively,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-g-stackhouse-jr/jesus-treats-patriarchy-the-way-he-treats-much-else-of-the-law-and/)

[John G. Stackhouse Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-g-stackhouse-jr/)

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> [Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/grandmother-pointed-out-my-brother-perry-my-sister-sarah-and-my/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

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> [“But then, if it’s the case that we can care about citizens and the police, shouldn’t the rallying cry just be All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/but-then-if-it-s-the-case-that-we-can-care-about-citizens-and-the/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [“Our biggest oppressor is our mind. There results of it are seen on black on black hate . Look how black people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/our-biggest-oppressor-is-our-mind-there-results-of-it-are-seen-on/)

[De philosopher DJ Kyos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/)

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> [“MOST NATIONS HAVE AT ONE TIME OR OTHER BOTH condoned and practiced slavery. Greece and Rome founded their societies on it. India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/most-nations-have-at-one-time-or-other-both-condoned-and-practiced/)

[James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/)

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> [ “To make a contented slave,’ \[Frederick\] Bailey later wrote, ‘it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/to-make-a-contented-slave-frederick-bailey-later-wrote-it-is/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [“French Enlightenment philosophers liked to use slavery as a symbol of human oppression, and particularly political oppression. “Man is born free but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-reiss/french-enlightenment-philosophers-liked-to-use-slavery-as-a-symbol-of/)

[Tom Reiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-reiss/)

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> [With a few exceptions like Kraftwerk, most great 20th century Western music is in some way American-based. And the great paradox of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/with-a-few-exceptions-like-kraftwerk-most-great-20th-century-western/)

[Steve Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-erickson/)

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> [Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/slavery-is-now-nowhere-more-patiently-endured-than-in-countries-once/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/i-have-been-trying-to-create-a-campaign-to-have-our-country-make-an/)

[Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-douglas/)

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> [You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/you-may-try-but-you-can-never-imagine-what-it-is-to-have-a-man-s-form/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-berlin/for-sheer-drama-few-accounts-of-slavery-match-solomon-northup-s-tale/)

[Ira Berlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-berlin/)

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> [Outlets for the freed blacks are alone wanted for the erasure of the blot from our Republican character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/outlets-for-the-freed-blacks-are-alone-wanted-for-the-erasure-of-the/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/slavery-is-such-an-atrocious-debasement-of-human-nature-that-its-very/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-d/slavery-was-incredibly-prosperous-for-some-people-at-that-time-it-was/)

[Chuck D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-d/)

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> [Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/happy-white-peoples-independence-day-the-slaves-weren-t-free-but-i-m/)

[Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/)

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> [If you look at communal experiments in general for any amount of time, you'll find a lot of horrors: raped children, sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-groff/if-you-look-at-communal-experiments-in-general-for-any-amount-of-time/)

[Lauren Groff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-groff/)

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> [“ And after he had succumbed the slavery and disclosed his opinion,He….." I'd like to give you the chance to complete the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohamed-ayman-hussein/and-after-he-had-succumbed-the-slavery-and-disclosed-his-opinion-he-i/)

[Mohamed Ayman Hussein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohamed-ayman-hussein/)

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> [“Denial of climate change and degradation of environment for the purpose of economic prosperity is humiliation and slavery of the nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/denial-of-climate-change-and-degradation-of-environment-for-the/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

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> [“Don't sell your soul for a lifetime of slavery to avoid a brief time of misery. This, too, shall pass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/don-t-sell-your-soul-for-a-lifetime-of-slavery-to-avoid-a-brief-time/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [I love my country and what it stands for. Freedom. Law of the jungle. I hate the people who run my country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-barnhill/i-love-my-country-and-what-it-stands-for-freedom-law-of-the-jungle-i/)

[Chris Barnhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-barnhill/)

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> [“I am grateful, and would thank the Gods(if there were any to thank) that I have finally mastered this art of forgetting--of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryl-phillips/i-am-grateful-and-would-thank-the-gods-if-there-were-any-to-thank/)

[Caryl Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryl-phillips/)

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> [To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/to-see-an-african-american-elected-president-means-that-this-country/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [Right before The Civil War, only 8% of white people owned slaves. Some plantations would have hundreds and hundreds of slaves, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/right-before-the-civil-war-only-8-of-white-people-owned-slaves-some/)

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

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                        "text": "Our people historically have gone through a lot. That is our story. You can trace it all the way back to slavery. But it is incumbent upon everyone, no matter what field, to make it easier on the next generation.",
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                        "text": "“Larsson was an active and lifelong feminist, partly for personal reasons but also because he saw that ending gender slavery was as crucial to next-stage evolution as ending race slavery was to the last stage. It's a noble fight, not least because the various fundamentalisms threatening Western democracy are united in their urgent need to re-cage women's sexuality.”",
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                        "text": "These semi-traitors [Union generals who were not hostile to slavery] must be watched. Let us be careful who become army leaders in the reorganized army at the end of this Rebellion. The man who thinks that the perpetuity of slavery is essential to the existence of the Union, is unfit to be trusted. The deadliest enemy the Union has is slavery - in fact, its only enemy.",
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                        "text": "Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor my sisters before; and, though I had sometimes heard of them, and felt a curious interest in them, I really did not understand what they were to me, or I to them. We were brothers and sisters, but what of that? Why should they be attached to me, or I to them? Brothers and sisters were by blood; but slavery had made us strangers. I heard the words brother and sisters, and knew they must mean something; but slavery had robbed these terms of their true meaning.",
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                        "text": "“Our biggest oppressor is our mind. There results of it are seen on black on black hate . Look how black people treat other black people when they have power or in higher positions . Look at how poor black look at those successful black people. They wish and pray for their downfall. They want to destroy everything good they have. We are a jealousy nation. The jealousy we have for each other is what started witchcraft in the olden days. Today we still using witchcraft in a modern way by using technology , internet and Social media instead of using traditional herbs. We use technology , internet and Social media to kill each other and to destroy one another. To bully and humiliate one another. Until we change our mentality. We will forever be slaved by poverty. We will forever be slaved by our mind and thinking even thou constitutionally we are free.”",
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