Slave Quotes

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The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring. — Kurt Vonnegut
Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or… — Terry Goodkind
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man. — Maxim Gorky
How subservient to Jesus, or to a humane God Almighty, were the leaders of this country back in the 1840's, when Marx said such a… — Kurt Vonnegut
Kings are the slaves of history. — Leo Tolstoy
God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims are always causing… — Yann Martel
Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and… — Michel de Montaigne
The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. — Albert Camus
Ah; but my courage fails me, and my heart is sick within me! â€”Lord, take pity on the Christian who doubts, on the skeptic who… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of… — Aldous Huxley
It was not the passion that was new to her, it was the yearning adoration. She knew she had always feared it, for it left… — D. H. Lawrence
. . . freedom to creat and construct, to wonder and to venture. Such freedom requires that the individual be active and responsible, not a… — Erich Fromm
The greatest mania of all is passion: and I am a natural slave to passion: the balance between my brain and my soul and my… — Hunter S. Thompson
The will is infinite and the execution confin'd, the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit. — William Shakespeare
We gather at night to celebrate being human. Sometimes we call out low to the tambourine. Fish drink the sea, but the sea does not… — Unknown Author
Just fear me and love me...and do as I say...and I will be your slave. — A.C.H. Smith
Great God! What have I turned into? What right have you people to clutter up my life, steal my time, probe my soul, suckle my… — Henry Miller
We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fearâ€”fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or… — Hunter S. Thompson
Those kids aren't dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don't get smart: they are really teaching the kids… — James A. Baldwin
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. — Frederick Douglass

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