Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if… — Edward Abbey
The world of employer and employee, like that of master and slave, debases both. — Edward Abbey
King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on… — Edward Abbey
A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague… — George Orwell
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of… — Mercy Otis Warren
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… — Samuel Adams
I would advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from Heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine men were to perish, and… — Samuel Adams
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects… — Samuel Adams
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an… — Samuel Adams
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,… — Thomas Jefferson
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any… — George Washington
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. — Horace
In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of… — Ida B. Wells
We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no… — Chinua Achebe
What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave? — Abraham Maslow
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Free choice among a wide variety of goods and services does not signify… — Herbert Marcuse
Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still more… — Charles Babbage
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
There exists in the minds of men a tone of feeling toward women as toward slaves. — Margaret Fuller
Be not the slave of your own past. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave. — G.A. Henty
Iqbal, that great poet, was so right. The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave. To hell with… — Aravind Adiga
An integrated cup of coffee isn't sufficient pay for four hundred years of slave labor. — Malcolm X

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