Ideas Quote by Ava DuVernay

If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed.

— James Oglethorpe

We still have slavery of all kinds - slavery of thought, slavery of ideas, slavery of cultureand I think 'Roots' exemplifies, in a very…

— Lorne Greene

We are the slaves of slaves

— William Nicholson

It's modern-day slavery.

— Adrian Peterson

“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature, opposition to it in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

I am a firm believer in slavery.

— Brigham Young

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the…

— Anonymous

Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that.

— Freddie Gibbs

Because my great-grandparents were enslaved people, the legacy of slavery was something that didn't seem impersonal or disconnected. That's what motivated me to get…

— Bryan Stevenson

In order to spend out our time (life) we sell some of this time. We work for someone, we labour. In freedom we do…

— Wasif Ali Wasif

We are a country where the ancestors of slaves and newcomers escaping tyranny and violence can rise to the highest positions in the land.

— Tom Malinowski

From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of…

— Bill Frist