The tolerance of wrong dulls our sense of its injustice. Men may become accustomed to theft, murder, even to slavery - that… — Henry George Copy Share Image
I finally got to watch 'Roots' in my mid-teens, on a video rental. Slowly and meticulously Roots fed its black characters through… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators]… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As it becomes more and more difficult to get land, so will the virtual enslavement of the laboring-classe s go on. As… — Henry George Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
What Thomas DiLorenzo misses is that the other abolitions were either very limited as in the liberation of the serfs by Alexander… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
“It is the story of society's purchase of a slave. A slave purchased from poverty, hunger, cold, loneliness, defenselessness, destitution. A squalid… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I think comedy allows people to accept the more difficult parts of history. And history, if it's presented wrong, is just very… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it was not really possible for slavery to die peacefully and quietly, while everyone waited hat in hand for the mills… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Jimmy said, "We survived slavery. Think about that. Not because we were strong. The American Indians were strong, and they were on… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“It takes no more research than a trip to almost any public library or college to show the incredibly lopsided coverage of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of… — John Brown Copy Share Image
Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
First then, it is apparent, horribly apparent, that the slavery question rides insolently over every other everywhere - in fact that is… — Henry L. Benning Copy Share Image
As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had… — John Brown Gordon Copy Share Image
As black people, we want our story to be this constant ascendance from slavery. But it's not like that. You push and… — Stanley Nelson Jr Copy Share Image
Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
27th, join us and other Freedom Fighters from around the world as we SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY. Draw a RED X… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
... As long as you continue to tar social democracy with all the crimes of communism, I feel equally entitled to tar… — Greg Erwin Copy Share Image
It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave--subject--inferior--dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
“Although slavery has long been a part of human history, American chattel slavery represents a case of human trauma incomparable in scope,… — Joy Degruy Leary Copy Share Image
Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Yes, twenty-seven million in slavery is a lot of people, but it is just .0043 percent of the world's population. Yes, $23… — Kevin Bales Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those… — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
...I believe it is now the duty of the slaves of the South to rebuke their masters for their robbery, oppression and… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
All these cries of having "abolished slavery," of having "saved the country," of having "preserved the union," of establishing a "government of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies… — Trent Franks Copy Share Image
Whenever a Republican gets in office, all of a sudden progressives realize that federalism and state's rights aren't necessarily only about defending… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
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