Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves to wife, to… — Swami Vivekananda
Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did… — John Sergeant Wise
But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because… — William H. Seward
The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. — Herbert Read
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have… — Gerrit Smith
Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It would be idle to say that we were not, from time to time, aware that a volcano slumbered fitfully beneath us. There were dark… — Mary Virginia Terhune
I'm talkin' about us, the new slaves, the people who love fashion. I'm talking about us, you know? 'Cause I'm a slave to it. I… — Kanye West
I'm gonna sit here on this runway until I'm at the end of it. Because that's that thing that people slave over. That's that thing… — Kanye West
Man is either governed by his own laws - freedom - or the laws of another - slavery. Are you willing to become slaves? Will… — Alexander Hamilton
. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left… — Gerry Spence
This country was founded by a group of slave owners who told us that all men are created equal. — George Carlin
Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. — William Cowper
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people. — Peter Jennings
Get rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our slavery; so much… — Swami Vivekananda
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
For I cannot think that GOD Almighty ever made them [women] so delicate, so glorious creatures; and furnished them with such charms, so agreeable and… — Daniel Defoe
E have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen, all for… — Frederick Douglass
We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God,… — Swami Vivekananda
But what makes wage slaves? Wages! — Groucho Marx
I see I have made myself a slave to Philosophy, but if I get free of Mr. Linus's business I will resolutely bid adew to… — Isaac Newton
A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a… — Aristotle
The purpose and effect of [land titles] have been to maintain, in the hands of robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly of all lands,… — Lysander Spooner
Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer-space. — Wole Soyinka

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