1,063 Quotes About Slavery
- Author Frederick Douglass
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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The masters and overseers were so good at employee development, in their absence, the employees still achieved the company's mission
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- Author Somaly Mam
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I strongly believe that love is the answer and that it can mend even the deepest unseen wounds. Love can heal, love can console, love can strengthen, and yes, love can make change.
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- Author Shelby Foote
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They took it for more than it was, or anyhow for more than it said; the container was greater than the thing contained, and Lincoln became at once what he would remain for them, “the man who freed the slaves.” He would go down to posterity, not primarily as the Preserver of the Republic-which he was-but as the Great Emancipator, which he was not.
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- Author Walter Rodney
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There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for a few, but today the quests for profits comes into sharp conflict with people’s demands that their material and social needs should be fulfilled. Pg. 10
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- Author William Faulkner
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I suppose the question to ask you, is where you been all the time you were dead?
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- Author Mamur Mustapha
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Till the time the chains of organized religion remain intact, the slavery of mind & soul will reign supreme.
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- Author Terry Pratchett
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I hope you're not proposing to enslave us,' said Twoflower.Marchesa looked genuinely shocked. 'Certainly not! Whatever could have given you that idea? Your lives in Krull will be rich, full and comfortable-''Oh, good,' said Rincewind.'-just not very long.
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- Author Darnell Lamont Walker
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You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you.
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