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Slaves Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- 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…
- We seem to have forgotten that the expression "a liberal education" originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of…
- Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free from King George the Fourth and continue the slaves of…
- Men talk of freedom! How many are free to think? Free from fear, from perturbation, from prejudice? Nine hundred and ninety-nine in a thousand are…
- Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
More Slaves Quotes
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master… — Mikhail Bakunin
- It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping!… — Charles Baudelaire
- Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures… — Cecil Beaton
- Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. — Ambrose Bierce
- It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves… — James Bovard
- The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them. — Emily Bronte
- Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. — Lord Byron
- One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. — Albert Camus
- Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised… — Albert Camus
- I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians… — Jimmy Carter