Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in… — Plato
Garden writing is often very tame, a real waste when you think how opinionated, inquisitive, irreverent and lascivious gardeners themselves tend to be. Nobody talks… — Unknown Author
Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and… — Teresa of Avila
Classification of Christian children, as they plan it, are to be used as human sacrifice. Where? Within the black mass ceremonies, they will participate in… — Unknown Author
Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience. Nor are… — Ken Schoolland
Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth;… — Socrates
The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the Atlantic slave trade… — David W. Blight
Human beings have capitalized on the silence of animals, just as certain human beings have historically imposed silence on certain other human beings by denying… — Gary Steiner
We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting… — Lydia M. Child
This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious protest. . .… — Christopher Hitchens
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . .… — Mark Twain
. . . I fail to find a trace [in Protestantism] of any desire to set reason free. The most that can be discovered is… — Thomas Huxley
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. — Felix Rohatyn
Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[S]ome people are self-starters, and some people are born lazy. Some people are born victims. Some people are just born to be slaves. Some people… — Rush Limbaugh
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. — Charles A. Beard
No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and… — John Peter Zenger
Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly… — Clark Gable
Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making fire, finding lovers… — Paulo Coelho

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