Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires. — Herbert Spencer
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and… — Louis Sullivan
Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
We're becoming slaves to our social networks - and that's not a bad thing. You like your favorite networks, so do you friends, and pretty… — Max Levchin
What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can… — Jo Nesbo
I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a… — Patrice O'Neal
I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality. — Sandra Oh
Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave. — L. Neil Smith
Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us. — Frederick Lenz
Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance. — Frederick Lenz
Let us say your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend makes you happy. If they leave, you're bound to be unhappy. You are the slave of the… — Frederick Lenz
But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how… — Jennifer Lawrence
We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time. But if we fail to do this, then unless we intend hereafter to violate the Constitution, we… — Jay Sekulow
I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it… — Benjamin F. Wade
At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day. — Jhonen Vasquez
Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to… — Bruce Cockburn
Physical circumstance will not cause happiness. Or if it does, there is the fear of loss. Now you are a slave to it. You have… — Frederick Lenz
Rise above the limited conditions of pleasure and pain, success and failure, happiness and sorrow, that all the countless unenlightened beings in creation are slaves… — Frederick Lenz
Don't become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but fix your consciousness… — Frederick Lenz
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between… — Maximus the Confessor
Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
The Europeans wanted gold and slaves, like everybody else; but at the same time they wanted statues put up to themselves as people who had… — V.S. Naipaul
True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been hidden. But then… — Ayi Kwei Armah
Treat [the people] as slaves, guard them against brigands, and they will come to regard themselves as slaves and brigands. — Liang Qichao
The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great. — A. D. Gordon

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