1,063 Quotes About Slavery

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is our only ruler; sovereign.

It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.

Not kill us," Pigeon corrected. "She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves.

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.

I ask no paradise on high, With cares on earth oppressed,The only heaven for which I sigh, Is rest, eternal rest.

There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be reckoning yet ... it may be sooner or it may be later, but it's a coming as sure as the Lord is just

You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking. The Lord doesn't give us more than we can carry

Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.