Inferiors Quote by H. G. Wells

It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.

— Shane Claiborne

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

Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking…

— David Rice

“It is easier for people to accept slavery if they realize that they actually have paid for it. - On Slavery.”

— Lamine Pearlheart

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

— George Mason

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute…

— Anonymous

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and…

— Solomon Northup

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such…

— Angelina Grimke

There is no slavery but ignorance.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

The mere toleration of the slave trade could not make slavery itself - the right of property in man - lawful any where; not…

— Lysander Spooner