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> [“What is the true story of Fantine? It is the story of society's purchase of a slave. A slave purchased from poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/what-is-the-true-story-of-fantine-it-is-the-story-of-society-s/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adela-popescu/some-while-deploring-animal-abuses-on-the-same-breath-approve/)

[Adela Popescu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adela-popescu/)

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> [There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/there-are-a-million-boys-growing-up-in-the-united-states-who-have/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [“Slavery is as old as civilization, and has been practiced all over the world. It was ubiquitous in antiquity, and is taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-livingstone-smith/slavery-is-as-old-as-civilization-and-has-been-practiced-all-over-the/)

[David Livingstone Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-livingstone-smith/)

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> [“Many politicians and preachers defended slavery, citing the Bible’s approval of the practice, the inferiority of the African race, the value of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/many-politicians-and-preachers-defended-slavery-citing-the-bible-s/)

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

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> [The slave frees himself when, of all the relations of private property, he abolishes only the relation of slavery and thereby becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-engels/the-slave-frees-himself-when-of-all-the-relations-of-private-property/)

[Friedrich Engels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-engels/)

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> [In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-charles-carey/in-this-country-protection-has-always-to-some-extent-existed-but-at/)

[Henry Charles Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-charles-carey/)

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> [There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/there-is-an-unbroken-line-of-police-violence-in-the-united-states/)

[Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/)

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> [“These three creation stories were shaped in the patriarchal, slave-holding world of early urban civilization in the eastern Mediterranean of the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-radford-ruether/these-three-creation-stories-were-shaped-in-the-patriarchal-slave/)

[Rosemary Radford Ruether](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-radford-ruether/)

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> [To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-boswell/to-abolish-a-status-which-in-all-ages-god-has-sanctioned-and-man-has/)

[James Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-boswell/)

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> [Nobody's about saving anymore. No one cares about a rainy day anymore. Nobody saves up enough for even an umbrella for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/nobody-s-about-saving-anymore-no-one-cares-about-a-rainy-day-anymore/)

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

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> [“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lloyd-garrison/fortunate-most-fortunate-occurrence-fortunate-for-the-millions-of-his/)

[William Lloyd Garrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lloyd-garrison/)

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> [The first reason for mans inner slavery is his ignorance, and above all, his ignorance of himself. Without self-knowledge, without understanding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gurdjieff/the-first-reason-for-mans-inner-slavery-is-his-ignorance-and-above/)

[George Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gurdjieff/)

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> [“And here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society and to impose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/and-here-it-becomes-evident-that-the-bourgeoisie-is-unfit-any-longer/)

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

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> [Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-jackson/politicians-argue-for-abortion-largely-because-they-do-not-want-to/)

[Jesse Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-jackson/)

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> [“The gravel road widened into a large turnaround where three similar looking and designed brothels sat waiting for customers. They were called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/the-gravel-road-widened-into-a-large-turnaround-where-three-similar/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [Mr. President, the cause of this great discontent in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-j-crittenden/mr-president-the-cause-of-this-great-discontent-in-the-country-the/)

[John J. Crittenden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-j-crittenden/)

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> [I look at history, there's not a government on the planet I respect. No country in history was ever safe to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patch-adams/i-look-at-history-there-s-not-a-government-on-the-planet-i-respect-no/)

[Patch Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patch-adams/)

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> [In truth there is only one freedom - the holy freedom of Christ, whereby He freed us from sin, from evil, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-popovic/in-truth-there-is-only-one-freedom-the-holy-freedom-of-christ-whereby/)

[Justin Popovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-popovic/)

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> [The greatest secret of monarchic rule...is to keep men deceived and to cloak in the specious name of religion the fear by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/the-greatest-secret-of-monarchic-rule-is-to-keep-men-deceived-and-to/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [American chattel slavery was practically defined by the fundamental instability of Black families. The institution rested on the expropriation of the reproductive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamelle-bouie/american-chattel-slavery-was-practically-defined-by-the-fundamental/)

[Jamelle Bouie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamelle-bouie/)

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> [In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-those-days-our-declaration-of-independence-was-held-sacred-by-all/)

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

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> [“But the language of slavery does more than merely picture the gospel. In fact, it is central to the message of salvation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-macarthur-jr/but-the-language-of-slavery-does-more-than-merely-picture-the-gospel/)

[John F. MacArthur Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-macarthur-jr/)

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> [By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/by-taking-out-a-loan-i-am-committing-myself-to-years-of-interest/)

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

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> [Many, many people of the Revolutionary generation, the generation that fought in the Revolutionary War, understood that slavery was somehow in contradiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/many-many-people-of-the-revolutionary-generation-the-generation-that/)

[Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/)

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> [I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-think-that-one-of-the-causes-of-these-repeated-failures-is-that-our/)

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

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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-ann-jacobs/could-you-have-seen-that-mother-clinging-to-her-child-when-they-2/)

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

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> [If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/if-i-can-get-enough-signatures-to-present-an-apology-to-slavery-i/)

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

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> [If you look at slavery across all human history, and you sort of strip away the packaging, whether it's racialized or religious-based,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-bales/if-you-look-at-slavery-across-all-human-history-and-you-sort-of-strip/)

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

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> [“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-himes/slavery-proved-to-be-a-much-more-complicated-issue-for-american-2/)

[Andrew Himes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-himes/)

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> [“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-morse/my-creed-on-the-subject-of-slavery-is-short-slavery-per-se-is-not-sin/)

[Samuel Morse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-morse/)

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> [I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbra-streisand/i-am-also-very-proud-to-be-a-liberal-why-is-that-so-terrible-these/)

[Barbra Streisand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbra-streisand/)

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> [Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/frederick-douglas-s-agenda-was-an-agenda-not-for-black-people-to-get/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-robinson/one-out-of-every-eight-prisoners-in-the-world-is-an-african-american/)

[Randall Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-robinson/)

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> [There's something frightening that comes with freedom. And there was something very frightening for a lot of slaves once they were free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/there-s-something-frightening-that-comes-with-freedom-and-there-was/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

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> [We have different levels of slavery. We've got educational slavery. All the major religions of the world, even Christianity and Islam, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/we-have-different-levels-of-slavery-we-ve-got-educational-slavery-all/)

[John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/)

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> [“To the RKO motion picture camera at her 100th birthday party: “I pray for the day when working men and women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-ash/to-the-rko-motion-picture-camera-at-her-100th-birthday-party-i-pray/)

[Jerry Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-ash/)

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> [But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-slaves-that-once-conceive-the-glowing-thought-of-freedom-in-that/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [“Here, then, is the origin of Negro slavery. The reason was economic, not racial; it had to do not with the color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-williams/here-then-is-the-origin-of-negro-slavery-the-reason-was-economic-not/)

[Eric Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-williams/)

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> [All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grey/all-the-principal-people-in-the-town-are-concerned-in-the-slave-trade/)

[George Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grey/)

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                        "text": "Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish holocaust or Black slavery, and YET praise the benefits to Germans or Whites??? This convenient ambiguity at the expense of animals is unacceptable!!!",
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                        "text": "There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know the handicap of liquor and this excellent condition will go on spreading over the country when the wet press and the paid propogandists of booze are forgotten. The abolition of the commercialized liquor trade in this country is as final as the abolition of slavery.",
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                        "text": "“Slavery is as old as civilization, and has been practiced all over the world. It was ubiquitous in antiquity, and is taken for granted in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible (you may recall that Paul enjoined slaves to obey their masters “in fear and trembling” as they would Christ),”",
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                        "text": "“Many politicians and preachers defended slavery, citing the Bible’s approval of the practice, the inferiority of the African race, the value of preserving the southern way of life, and a paternalistic concern that freed slaves could not survive on their own.”",
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                        "text": "In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.",
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                        "text": "There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.",
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                        "text": "“These three creation stories were shaped in the patriarchal, slave-holding world of early urban civilization in the eastern Mediterranean of the second and first millennia M.C.E. In the Babylonian story that urban world is still new and precarious. Another world, not under male/human control, stands as the earlier beginning, ruled by a huge theriomorphic Great Mother, who gestated all things, gods and cosmic beings, in the mingled waters of her womb. The story mandates her dethronement, and with it a demotion of the female from primal power to secondary consort. Slavery is a central institution mandated by this story.”",
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                        "text": "To abolish a status, which in all ages God has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or intolerable bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated.",
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                        "text": "Nobody's about saving anymore. No one cares about a rainy day anymore. Nobody saves up enough for even an umbrella for a rainy day. It's sad. It really is a new form of slavery. We used to work to be able to afford material things. Now we work for these things. They're the boss. That house you can't afford, that car that's out of your price range, that cellphone that drains your bank account - that's your boss.",
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                        "text": "“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty!—fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done so much to save and bless!—fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances, whose sympathy and affection he has strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtuous traits of character, by his ever-abiding remembrance of those who are in bonds, as being bound with them!—fortunate for the multitudes, in various parts of our republic, whose minds he has enlightened on the subject of slavery, and who have been melted to tears by his pathos, or roused to virtuous indignation by his stirring eloquence against the enslavers of men!—fortunate for himself, as it at once brought him into the field of public usefulness, \"gave the world assurance of a MAN,\" quickened the slumbering energies of his soul, and consecrated him to the great work of breaking the rod of the oppressor, and letting the oppressed go free!”",
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                        "text": "The first reason for mans inner slavery is his ignorance, and above all, his ignorance of himself. Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave, and the plaything of the forces acting upon him. This is why in all ancient teaching the first demand at the beginning of the way to liberation was: Know Thyself.",
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                        "text": "“And here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society and to impose its conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. It is unfit to rule because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within his slavery, because it cannot help letting him sink into such a state that it has to feed him instead of being fed by him. Society can no longer live under this bourgeoisie; in other words, its existence is no longer compatible with society. The essential condition for the existence, and for the sway of the bourgeois class, is the formation and augmentation of capital; the condition for capital is wage-labor. Wage-labor rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the laborers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. The development of modern industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.”",
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                        "text": "Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people... There are those who argue that the right to privacy is of higher order than the right to life. I do not share that view... That was the premise of slavery. You could not protest the existence or treatment of slaves on the plantation because that was private and therefore outside of your right to concerned.",
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