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The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and… — George Washington
I wish most anxiously to see my much loved America - it is the Country from whence all reformations must originally spring - I despair… — Thomas Paine
People who make war in order to escape slavery may possibly win....This will doubtless bring death and suffering to thousands....But people who tamely allow slavery… — Kenneth Roberts
As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I think of this life I have led; the desolation of solitude it has been; the masoned, walled-town of a Captain's exclusiveness, which admits… — Herman Melville
We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe.… — Otto von Bismarck
I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the two… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling… — Lord Byron
Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized. — Albert Einstein
Under chattel slavery and feudalism, exploitation was concrete and personalized in the producer's relationship with his master. The slave and peasant knew exactly who was… — Kevin Carson
Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct. — Larry Wilmore
I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you… — Ava Gardner
There's an old saying in the days of slavery, there are those slaves who lived on the plantation, and there were those slaves who lived… — Harry Belafonte
I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of Jim Crow and… — Barack Obama
I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they… — Boris Kodjoe
My brother has two children now, so I've been playing aunt Renee. They're two and four. It's chaos. Moms out there, kudos to you. The… — Renee Zellweger
We have faith that future generations will know here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture,… — Christopher Hitchens
As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion. — Butterfly McQueen
In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the categories of race… — Eric Foner
If you are not the victim, don't examine it entirely from your point of view because when YOU'RE not the victim, it becomes pretty easy… — Gary Yourofsky
We have inherited a fear of memories of slavery. It is as if to remember and acknowledge slavery would amount to our being consumed by… — Angela Davis
The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured… — Angela Davis

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