Free people Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“Aristotle argued that slaves have a ‘slavish nature’ whereas free people have a ‘free nature’. Their status in society is merely a reflection of…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“And yet by nature the servants are born free; for no man is by nature a slave.”

— Philo of Alexandria

“A slave was cheaper than a mule. Slavery, despicable topic, rarely appeared in poetry or onstage or in the paintings that decorated urns and…

— Eduardo Galeano

Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves.

— David Graeber

Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no…

— C. S. Lewis

“There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to…

— Bertrand Russell

“Not all slaves are poor, and not all free men are rich.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“No one is more of a slave than he who thinks himself free without being so.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.

— Alfred Marshall

“The opposite of a slave is not a free man. It’s a worshiper. The one who is most free is the one who turns…

— Mark Buchanan

“Both animal and human slaves could be controlled best if kept economically and psychically dependent on their owners.”

— David Christian

“Perhaps slavery is harder for a person who has known freedom. Perhaps it does not matter. The”

— Stephen P. Kiernan