Servitude Quotes

133 quotes by 103 authors

History may be servitude. History may be freedom. See, now they vanish. The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
To him whom contemplates a trait of natural beauty, no harm nor despair can come. The doctrines of despair, spiritual or political servitude, were never… — Henry David Thoreau
The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing in… — Samuel L. Jackson
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how little he alludes… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals we shall determine.… — Dick Armey
Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation? — Gilles Deleuze
Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude. — Adrienne Rich
God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation… — Gerrit Smith
If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude. — Steven Biko
Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is… — Joseph Weizenbaum
America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one or the other… — Nancy Pearcey
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it. — Luc de Clapiers
Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke. — William C. Bryant
Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the… — Walter Lippmann
Modern slavery - be it bonded labor, involuntary servitude, or sexual slavery - is a crime and cannot be tolerated in any culture, community, or… — Hillary Clinton
Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than… — Aldous Huxley
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery. — Seneca the Younger
This is servitude, To serve the unwise. — John Milton
Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
God give you pardon from gratitude and other mild forms of servitude. — Robert Creeley

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