Slaves Quotes

696 Slaves quotes by 483 unique authors

...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
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 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
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
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
Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his. — William Lloyd Garrison
The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss. — George Reisman
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a… — Abraham Lincoln
From the viewpoint of economic democracy, the capitalism-socialism debate was a debate between private and state capitalism (i.e., the private or public employment system), and… — Unknown Author
Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not… — Pope Francis
My horses are my friends, not my slaves. — Reiner Klimke
The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to… — Thomas Paine
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! Strike… — Helen Keller
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more,… — John Keats
In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand,… — Seneca the Younger
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 like suggesting that ‘we are slaves to the objects around us,’ that ‘plenty should be enough,’ or that the ‘buyer should beware,’ within the… — Barbara Kruger
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
Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their own imagination and… — Werner Herzog
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks. — Chris Rock
No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners. We are not… — Diana Peterfreund
It's easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath.… — Nadine Gordimer
Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt… — Louise Bourgeois

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