121 Quotes About Slaves

  • Author Norman Mailer
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    I must purchase this eunuch from You," she said to Ptah-nem-hotep, Who smiled agreeably. "Are they not delightful?" He asked, and looked at the dark bodies of these five slaves with the same love I had seen my great-grandfather give to a team of matched horses or twin bulls, and indeed, since the slave wore nothing, one could see not only their plump and muscular haunches, but the shiny stump where their testicles had been and this gave them a nice resemblance to geldings.

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  • Author VicDo
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    Most of you thinking that you are hardworking people, but in reality, you are just slaves.

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  • Author Terry Pratchett
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    Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave,' said Vorbis.'So I understand,' said the Tyrant. 'I imagine that fish have no word for water.

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  • Author Pierce Brown
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    Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?""Power.""Power isn't real. It's just a word.

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  • Author George Orwell
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    Below that are "the proles," numbering perhaps eight-five per cent of the population. In terms of our earlier classification, the proles are the Low, for the slave population of the equatorial lands, who pass constantly from conqueror to conqueror, are not a permanent or necessary part of the structure.

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  • Author Tara Conklin
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    Why didn't Lina know their names? Why hadn't she studied their histories? Where was the monument? Where was the museum? What had they wished for and worked for and loved?

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  • Author Ann Jones
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    For all practical purposes, soldiers in the field have the status of slaves, the prisoners of their grand illusions, their training, and their army.

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