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title: "Slavery Sayings and Sayings"
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> [Cruelty was the devil, and most people were, in one way or another, cruel. Tyranny, suppression, persecution, torture, slavery, war, neglect -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-macaulay/cruelty-was-the-devil-and-most-people-were-in-one-way-or-another/)

[Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-macaulay/)

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> [“Could you have seen that mother clinging to her child, when they fastened the irons upon his wrists; could you have heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-jacobs/could-you-have-seen-that-mother-clinging-to-her-child-when-they/)

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

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> [Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/because-lincoln-is-so-closely-identified-with-what-it-is-to-be-2/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/the-experience-of-the-past-lives-little-doubt-that-every-economic/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [“As a highly successful slave trader, James DeWolf owned all of his vessels outright. DeWolf also held 75 percent interest in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-mestad-johnson/as-a-highly-successful-slave-trader-james-dewolf-owned-all-of-his/)

[Cynthia Mestad Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-mestad-johnson/)

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> [If the flag of an armed enemy of the U.S. is allowed to fly over government buildings, then it implies that slavery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiri-baraka/if-the-flag-of-an-armed-enemy-of-the-u-s-is-allowed-to-fly-over/)

[Amiri Baraka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiri-baraka/)

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> [No matter how many red Xs we write on our hands to end slavery, as long as these same hands are clicking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/no-matter-how-many-red-xs-we-write-on-our-hands-to-end-slavery-as/)

[David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/)

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> [Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bader-ginsburg/even-the-declaration-of-independence-starts-out-all-men-are-created/)

[Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bader-ginsburg/)

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> [You'll have to have the governments sell off all of their public domains; sell off their railroads, sell off their public land.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hudson/you-ll-have-to-have-the-governments-sell-off-all-of-their-public/)

[Michael Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hudson/)

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> [“Slavery didn’t end when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery still happens. Right now, today, this very second, there’s someone in chains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-wilder/slavery-didn-t-end-when-lincoln-issued-the-emancipation-proclamation/)

Jack Wilder

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> [I envy neither the heart nor the head of any legislator who has been born to an inheritance of privileges, who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-harper/i-envy-neither-the-heart-nor-the-head-of-any-legislator-who-has-been/)

[Frances Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-harper/)

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> [“Lincoln, Douglas and their contemporaries struggled to decide what the words “all men are created equal” really meant. Stephen A. Douglas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgiann-baldino/lincoln-douglas-and-their-contemporaries-struggled-to-decide-what-the/)

Georgiann Baldino

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> [Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/now-i-confess-myself-as-belonging-to-that-class-in-the-country-who-2/)

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

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> [“The system was psychological and physical at the same time. The slaves were taught discipline, were impressed again and again with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-system-was-psychological-and-physical-at-the-same-time-the-slaves/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [We've always had the blame-America crowd. We've always had the hate-America crowd. But we've now had at least two generations of education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/we-ve-always-had-the-blame-america-crowd-we-ve-always-had-the-hate/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wollstonecraft/man-preys-on-man-and-you-mourn-for-the-idle-tapestry-that-decorated-a/)

[Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wollstonecraft/)

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> [Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mika/life-without-hope-the-slavery-of-mankind-a-bondage-so-hopeless-that/)

[Mika](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mika/)

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> [The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-m-keitt/the-anti-slavery-party-contends-that-slavery-is-wrong-in-itself-and/)

Laurence M. Keitt

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> [You look back in time to when there was slavery and you think 'how did people even remotely believe that this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/you-look-back-in-time-to-when-there-was-slavery-and-you-think-how-did/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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> [“The tyger's tail thumped behind her. 'This stunted little world breaks my heart,' she said. 'So much here has stagnated and died.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-f-said/the-tyger-s-tail-thumped-behind-her-this-stunted-little-world-breaks/)

S.F. Said

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> [Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-t-suzuki/copying-is-slavery-the-letter-must-never-be-followed-only-the-spirit/)

[D.T. Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-t-suzuki/)

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> [I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-think-in-this-phase-after-the-negro-emerges-in-and-from-the/)

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

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> [In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-highland-garnet/in-every-man-s-mind-the-good-seeds-of-liberty-are-planted-and-he-who-2/)

[Henry Highland Garnet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-highland-garnet/)

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> [Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/democratic-communities-have-a-natural-taste-for-freedom-left-to/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-edward-woodberry/my-first-recollection-of-hearing-wendell-phillips-is-from-my-college/)

[George Edward Woodberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-edward-woodberry/)

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> [“If Blacks did not violently resist, then they were cast as naturally servile. And yet, whenever they did fight, reactionary commentators, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibram-x-kendi/if-blacks-did-not-violently-resist-then-they-were-cast-as-naturally/)

[Ibram X. Kendi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibram-x-kendi/)

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> [All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/all-societies-have-these-cases-there-are-many-many-crime-cases-that/)

[Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/)

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> [The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumi-naidoo/the-struggle-to-avert-catastrophic-climate-change-is-bigger-than-all/)

[Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumi-naidoo/)

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> [Glittering things can screw very much,Why we behind is not by the desire, it is by the passion.The desire has end ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sumesh-nair/glittering-things-can-screw-very-much-why-we-behind-is-not-by-the/)

[Sumesh Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sumesh-nair/)

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> [All that rejection from Republicans has a bit of a racist element. It was very necessary to have a black president, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/all-that-rejection-from-republicans-has-a-bit-of-a-racist-element-it/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

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> [“The free man does what he likes in his working time and in his spare time what is required of him. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-gill/the-free-man-does-what-he-likes-in-his-working-time-and-in-his-spare/)

[Eric Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-gill/)

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> [The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheo-hodari-coker/the-thing-is-so-much-of-the-african-american-experience-is-about-the/)

[Cheo Hodari Coker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheo-hodari-coker/)

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> [I think we live in slavery to fear. Most people don't have an answer to the death question and really don't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-think-we-live-in-slavery-to-fear-most-people-don-t-have-an-answer/)

[Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/)

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> [ ... some of my people could have been left \[in Africa\] and are living there. And I can't understand them and they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fannie-lou-hamer/some-of-my-people-could-have-been-left-in-africa-and-are-living-there-2/)

[Fannie Lou Hamer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fannie-lou-hamer/)

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> [“If a person did all the work of a slave but had the option of quitting at any time without being physically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/if-a-person-did-all-the-work-of-a-slave-but-had-the-option-of/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [Without the institution of slavery, civilization would never have been achieved, for no one could ever have done anything intellectual if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/without-the-institution-of-slavery-civilization-would-never-have-been/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

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> [“Deeds of heroism are wrought here more than those of romance, when, defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily threads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/deeds-of-heroism-are-wrought-here-more-than-those-of-romance-when/)

[Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/)

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> [Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-spence/once-slavery-in-america-was-not-seen-as-radical-it-became-instead-a/)

[Gerry Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-spence/)

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> [A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/a-house-divided-against-itself-cannot-stand-i-believe-this-government/)

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

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> [Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldn't communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/why-should-workers-agree-to-be-slaves-in-a-basically-authoritarian/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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                        "text": "Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery.",
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                        "text": "“Slavery didn’t end when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery still happens. Right now, today, this very second, there’s someone in chains, locked away until the next time someone pays to have involuntary sex with them. They’re drugged, starving, naked, and alone. No one is going to rescue them. This event, as incredible as it is, as many people are here donating their time and their money and their talent, isn’t even a drop in the bucket. It doesn’t even begin to touch the problem. But it’s a start.”",
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                        "text": "“Lincoln, Douglas and their contemporaries struggled to decide what the words “all men are created equal” really meant. Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln wrangled for 21 hours on seven stages. They made strategic choices and battled to gain support for different views of the future. Their powerful words changed and restricted each other. Lincoln and Douglas didn’t have answers; they had strong arguments.”",
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                        "text": "Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard for its actual existence amongst us and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way, and to all the constitutional obligations which have been thrown about it; but, nevertheless, desire a policy that looks to the prevention of it as a wrong, and looks hopefully to the time when as a wrong it may come to an end.",
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                        "text": "We've always had the blame-America crowd. We've always had the hate-America crowd. But we've now had at least two generations of education where this has been indoctrinated into the young skulls full of mush of young people. They've heard how horrible America was back in the days of slavery. They've heard how horrible America treated women. They've heard how horrible every minority group was treated. They've heard how mean-spirited the founders were. They've heard all kinds of literal lies.",
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                        "text": "Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.",
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                        "text": "All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible is full of crime stories. You can almost flip to a page. Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers is a crime story. The Bible is full of crime stories.",
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                        "text": "The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's right to vote, and so on I would argue that if what is at stake is securing life as we know it, then there can be no bigger struggle that we face.",
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                        "text": "Glittering things can screw very much,Why we behind is not by the desire, it is by the passion.The desire has end , but passion doesn't have.The unlimited passion is a ill.This passion will be in an end after the getting the losses.The passion always leads to disasters.",
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                        "text": "All that rejection from Republicans has a bit of a racist element. It was very necessary to have a black president, and it's been a great thing. It will help, in the end, to ease the trauma of slavery and civil war. The war against slavery cost almost 800,000 American lives - that's how strongly they felt about it. And it's not going to go away in a century.",
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