Quotes about slavery
slavery england invention
In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. Chiwetel Ejiofor
slavery driven form
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms. Caleb Cushing
slavery structure
Freedom without structure is its own slavery. David Brooks
slavery facts constitution
The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine. Beau Willimon
slavery human-nature humans
Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature. Benjamin Franklin
slavery soil compromise
I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation. Abraham Lincoln
slavery constitution shows
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.
slavery abstract knows
You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.
slavery want policy
We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.
slavery genealogy impressive
But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before. Bob Edwards
slavery aristocratic
Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
slavery slave worst
The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it. Aristotle
slavery may today
Insofar as we may at all claim that slavery has been abolished today, we owe its abolition to the practical consequences of science Albert Einstein
slavery rebellion slavery-in-america
Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.
slavery cost hours
When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.
slavery slave
We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.
slavery action settling
Didn't we settle contraception & affirmative action? If the GOP keep going backwards they'll soon be debating slavery. Andy Borowitz
slavery may individual
Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd. Algernon Blackwood
slavery slave ordinances
Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. Alfred Marshall
slavery made civilized
Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized.
slavery constitution crime
Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime. Angela Davis
slavery moral crusades
What was distinctively Western was not slavery but the moral crusade to end slavery. Dinesh D'Souza
slavery wonder
Slavery appears such a relatively mild business that one begins to wonder why Frederick Douglass and so many others ever tried to escape.
slavery argument justification
You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument. Desmond Tutu
slavery thrive unlearn
He who learns death unlearns slavery. Cornel West
slavery politics compromise
I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even against all inducements, against all supposed limitations of great interests, against all combinations, against all compromises. Daniel Webster
slavery-today people firsts
Most of the people who come into slavery today, the people who enter into slavery for the first time in the present moment, are not captured, they're not knocked over the head, it doesn't follow the old sorts of mechanisms. Kevin Bales
slavery pay clear
We have to make it clear to the multi-nationals that slavery is too high a price to pay for cheap goods
slavery stealing theft
Slavery is an obscenity. It is not just stealing someone's labor; it is the theft of an entire life.
slavery slave masters
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters. Herodotus
slavery institutions thirds
If we do not restore the Institution of Property we cannot escape restoring the Institution of Slavery; there is no third course. Hilaire Belloc
slavery yoke weak
Who enslaves another's manhood with weak human power alone, Lays a heavier yoke of bondage thoughtlessly upon his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
slavery moral accepted
As to a thorough eradication of prostitution, nothing can accomplish that save a complete transvaluation of all accepted values--especially the moral ones--coupled with the abolition of industrial slavery. Emma Goldman