Slaves Quotes

696 Slaves quotes by 483 unique authors

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak. — James Russell Lowell
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if… — Edward Abbey
A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of… — Mercy Otis Warren
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… — Samuel Adams
I would advise persisting in our struggle for liberty, though it were revealed from Heaven that nine hundred and ninety-nine men were to perish, and… — Samuel Adams
If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects… — Samuel Adams
Is it not high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an… — Samuel Adams
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,… — Thomas Jefferson
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any… — George Washington
We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no… — Chinua Achebe
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Free choice among a wide variety of goods and services does not signify… — Herbert Marcuse
Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still more… — Charles Babbage
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
There exists in the minds of men a tone of feeling toward women as toward slaves. — Margaret Fuller
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men.… — Wynton Marsalis
Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men. — Fernando Pessoa
Our race is the Master Race. we are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from… — Menachem Begin
The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves. — Menachem Begin
Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What… — George H. W. Bush
A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists. — Max Stirner
We are so vain as to set the highest value upon those things to which nature has assigned the lowest place. What can be more… — Seneca the Younger
Water of life is gonna flow again/changed from the blood of heroes and knaves/Word mercy's gonna have a new meaning/ when we are judged by… — Bruce Cockburn
Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the grand-daughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slaver y is… — Zora Neale Hurston

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