“Those who would give us equal opportunity for everybody are threatened by it. They are afraid to lose their privileged positions. They… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Some have been ensnared in the net of excessive debt. The net of interest holds them fast, requiring them to sell their… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
“Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves… — Nas Copy Share Image
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food… — Barton Seaver Copy Share Image
I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
What Dred Scott's master might lawfully do with Dred Scott, in the free state of Illinois, every other master may lawfully do… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
“Why didn't Lina know their names? Why hadn't she studied their histories? Where was the monument? Where was the museum? What had… — Tara Conklin Copy Share Image
“I see things in windows and I say to myself that I want them. I want them because I want to belong.… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
“Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Esau sold his birth right, because he wanted a plate of meal. Today, When I look in the news, social media and… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“Free yourself from mental slavery. Break those invisible chains your masters put on your spiritual neck to control you” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Hal: "...Then we'll leave in a huff, taking you with us." "I've always wanted to travel in a huff," Ingvar mused. "It… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of… — George Grey Copy Share Image
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as slave traders, get your language straight, you idiots - they were human traffickers, not traders, you trade… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,'… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“Slaves in the past were captured by force; today’s slaves surrender themselves. The masters are the same old folk (who are now… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“To us, the high-resounding “isms” to which our contemporaries ask; us to give our allegiance, now, in 1948, are all equally futile:… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image
“Donna and Grace and so many people—specifically white people—often have understood slavery, and those held in its grip, only in abstract terms.… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
