Captives Quotes

27 quotes by 25 authors

Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again... Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring… — Gregory of Nyssa
To the captives, 'come out,' -- and to those in darkness, 'be free.' — George W. Bush
The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without passion, men are not willing to pay any price or bear any burden to set the captives free. — Joseph Campbell
We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists. — Walter Lippmann
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the 21st Century, the anti-traditional marriage community is in league with the anti-life community, and together with the NAACP and other sympathizers, they are… — Alveda King
Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies, regulators all too… — Edward Kennedy
The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We… — Ernest K. Gann
For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price and set the captives free — John G. Lake
We are all captives of a story. — Daniel Quinn
We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are. — Mahmoud Darwish
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
We're all time's captives, hostages to eternity. — Boris Pasternak
I've been reading a lot lately about Indian captives. One woman who had been captured by the Indians and made a squaw was resentful when… — Stephen Vincent Benet
The universe is illusion merely, not one speck of it real, and we are not only its victims, falling always into or smashed by a… — Annie Dillard
Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need. — Rudyard Kipling
Raphael painted, Luther preached, Corneille wrote, and Milton sang; and through it all, for four hundred years, the dark captives wound to the sea amid… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in… — David Riesman
As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives. — John M. McHugh

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