Servitude Quotes

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I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our… — Thomas Jefferson
FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties of a free… — Steve Kubby
Liberty is the natural condition of the people. Servitude, however, is fostered when people are raised in subjection. People are trained to adore rulers. While… — Etienne de La Boetie
For we did not and do not wish the Temple to be placed in any servitude except that which is fitting. — Jacques de Molay
The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. — John Lothrop Motley
Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and… — Kofi Annan
It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and… — Ban Ki-moon
...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking… — Simone Weil
People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their… — Edmund Burke
Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided… — Jose Rizal
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence… — Calvin Coolidge
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his liberation to him… — Simone de Beauvoir
Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of… — William George Jordan
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must be clear and… — Douglas MacArthur
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility. — Kwame Nkrumah
What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I think this can… — Aldous Huxley
How I loathe the servitude people try to hold up to me as being so valuable. I pity the man who is condemned to it,… — Andre Breton
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is… — William Arthur Ward
Here is the truly Christian life, here is faith really working by love, when a man applies himself with joy and love to the works… — Martin Luther

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