Common Quote by David Rice

Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul.

— Arthur Bryant

Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Slavery is simply a possession of the mind, before the individual submits their spiritual component to the will of another person or deity.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature, opposition to it in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

— H. G. Wells

Slavery is the nagging, unrelenting shame of America that continues to deny the true promise of the country to too many its citizens. If…

— John Hickenlooper

Slavery is the parent of ignorance, and ignorance begets a whole brood of follies and vices; and every one of these is inevitably hostile…

— Hinton Rowan Helper

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much…

— Alexander Herzen

“Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.”

— Allan Dare Pearce

Slavery is more mental than anything

— Kanye West

Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and…

— Amber Rudd