Slaves Quotes

696 Slaves quotes by 483 unique authors

In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work… — Oscar Wilde
I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love… — Ayn Rand
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must… — Elizabeth Hoyt
As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness… — Leon Trotsky
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the… — Simone Weil
Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them,… — Frederick Douglass
I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration,… — Christopher Nolan
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions — Stephen Covey
For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their appetites are astonishing!… — David Mitchell
I warn you," the boy went on. "I am a magician of great power. I control many terrifying entities. This being you see before you"… — Jonathan Stroud
Why let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while!… — Harlan Ellison
The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the… — Frederick Douglass
We should reflect on the idea that since the beginning of time sentient beings have been mentally unstable because they have been slaves of delusion,… — Dalai Lama
The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are… — Dorothy Dunnett
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It doesn’t bother you that your canine brethren are being paraded around show rings like slaves?” “My canine brethren?” I said. “I don’thave any canine… — Carrie Vaughn
They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can say who the… — Terry Pratchett
If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there was really no… — Michael Shaara
So what is this feadnach? Is it another curse that makes me beholden to slaves and shrews?' 'No, my lord. It is your heart. Difficult… — Carol Berg
Horseman. I know you were born back when women were thought of as little more than brood mares and slaves, but it's the twenty-first century,… — Larissa Ione
And it’s all my fault, Gale. Because of what I did in the arena. If I had just killed myself with those berries, none of… — Suzanne Collins
Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in… — Jane Goodall
If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we must discover them.… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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