Arguing Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“While all men want to be free, some want to be free to think what they want, and other men want to be free…

— Jarod Kintz

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

— Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

— Abraham Lincoln

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.

— Alexander Hamilton

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

— Anonymous

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for…

— Abraham Lincoln

“What could be better for slave owners than slaves who think they’re free? This is the greatest trick ever pulled: a nation of slaves…

— Robert Peate

He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and,…

— Abraham Lincoln

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the…

— Gerry Spence

He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a…

— Epictetus