Slave Quotes

1576 Slave quotes by 962 unique authors

A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade. — Barnabe Barnes
All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting… — Oliver Ellsworth
From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those who have political… — Charles Edward Merriam
Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel what was being… — Hippolytus of Rome
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral… — Richard Furman
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far more… — Margaret E. Knight
It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal,… — H. A. L. Fisher
Our limited mind is our enemy and our unlimited mind is our best friend. When you become a slave of the mind, it will limit… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and selfrespect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to aspire to, no… — L. Ron Hubbard
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions-such a man is .… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave. — Georg Brandes
Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man (or woman) is a slave to… — Alan Valentine
Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something which absorbs him… — Walt Whitman
If you work without love, you are working like a slave. When you work with love, you work like an emperor. Your work is your… — Rajneesh
The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts… — Mordechai Anielewicz
From these prejudices there arises conflict, transient joys and suffering. But we are unconscious of this, unconscious that we are slaves to certain forms of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I haven't been to a gas station in years. It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of… — Daryl Hannah
An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule or be… — Ayn Rand
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the… — Jonathan Swift
This is a fight between a free world and a slave world. — Henry A. Wallace
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most… — John Stuart Mill
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you,… — Robert E. Lee
Should one break in and free the animals? That is illegal, but the obligation to obey the law is not absolute. It was justifiably broken… — Peter Singer
Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… — Mark Twain
If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has… — Martial

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