Firsts Quote by G. I. Gurdjieff

There is no slavery but ignorance.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The first reason for mans inner slavery is his ignorance, and above all, his ignorance of himself. Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and…

— George Gurdjieff

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 is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.

— John Ridley

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

— Benjamin Franklin

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

— Desmond Tutu

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

— Arthur Bryant

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

— Euripides

If you want to understand America, it's slavery.

— Colson Whitehead

We're all slaves to death is our biological curse and thus a form of slavery.

— Jeremy Limn

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

— Robert Anton Wilson