Born Quote by Herman Melville

“«Since when you have taken people for slaves and they were born free»”

— Umar ibn Al-Khattab

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

— Anonymous

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

— Mary Astell

I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late…

— Benjamin F. Wade

“The country therefore was not “born free” but born slave and free, servant and master, tenant and landlord, poor and rich.”

— Howard Zinn

“Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal.”

— Ray Bradbury

“A slave was the property of his or her master as were all the women in his family, and it was argued that both…

— Gabrielle Palmer

All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.

— The Constitution Of Massachusetts

This country was founded by a group of slave owners who told us that all men are created equal.

— George Carlin

“the way a rich man was born was, is exactly the way a slave was born”

— Mariam

“We were born to serve humanity, not to slave for society”

— Stephan Attia

Whatever may be the sociological value of the legal fiction that 'all men are born free and equal,' there can be no doubt that...in…

— Earnest Hooton