Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill… — Robert A. Heinlein
as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master… — Bell Hooks
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies… — Thomas Paine
Why would the God of the universe want to be submitted to me?' Because we want you to join us in our circle of relationship.… — William P. Young
Without water we are nothing", the traveler thought. "Even an emperor, denied water, would swiftly turn to dust. Water is the real monarch and we… — Salman Rushdie
Well, I try my best to be just like I am, But everybody wants you to be just like them, They sing while you slave… — Bob Dylan
People quickly grow accustomed to being the slaves of mystery. — Guillaume Apollinaire
The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they… — Woody Guthrie
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren… — D. H. Lawrence
Abby: I could be a slave to your darkest desires. I can do things. Anything you want. Tommy: Well, that's terrific, because we have a… — Christopher Moore
If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave. — Emily Bronte
She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making love with men of all skin colors--white, black, yellow--with… — Paulo Coelho
You have grudged the very fire in your house because the wood cost overmuch!" he cried. "You have grudged life. To live cost overmuch, and… — Jack London
The very instant I saw you, did My heart fly to your service; there resides To make me slave to it. ...mine unworthiness, that dare… — William Shakespeare
Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to survive… — Primo Levi
Risky, thought Paul D, very risky. For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children she had… — Toni Morrison
Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy… — Paulo Coelho
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who… — John Maynard Keynes
Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when… — Ronald Reagan
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers. — Aristotle
Finance is a slave's word. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
No ninjas! How was that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without any ninjas! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must… — Seth Grahame-Smith
The more they lack material things, the more they indulge themselves when they can, but the less is their satisfaction with this world and they… — Sophie Scholl
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people who work quietly… — C.S. Lewis
In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor. — Oscar Wilde

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