Quotes about slavery
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 aristocratic
Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
slavery
To subjugate another is to subjugate yourself. Elbert Hubbard
slavery slave worst
The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it. Aristotle
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. Albert Einstein
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 england invention
In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. Chiwetel Ejiofor
slavery firsts subjugation
They subjugate first, if the weaker peoples will stand for it; then exploit, and if they will not stand for SUBJUGATION nor EXPLOITATION, the other recourse is EXTERMINATION. Marcus Garvey
slavery republican founders
The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more. Michele Bachmann
slavery stardom gilded
Stardom can be a gilded slavery. Helen Hayes
slavery world illegal
Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world. Lisa Kristine
slavery relation private-property
The slave frees himself when, of all the relations of private property, he abolishes only the relation of slavery and thereby becomes a proletarian; the proletarian can free himself only by abolishing private property in general. Friedrich Engels
slavery prometheus artemis
Can you get it? (Jaden) If I swear myself to eternal slavery to Artemis. Yes. (Acheron) I’d rather trade places with Prometheus and have my innards ripped out every day. (Jaden) So would I. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon