Quotes about slavery
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
slavery twins trouble
Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings scads of trouble and typhoid and twins!" (Anne to Gilbert) Lucy Maud Montgomery
slavery lineage criminals
Look, [Mitt] Romney comes from a religion founded by a criminal who was anti-American, pro-slavery, and a rapist. And he comes from that lineage and says, 'I respect this religion fully.' Lawrence O'Donnell
slavery states mankind
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. George Mason
slavery pope
No pope ever condemned slavery. Joseph McCabe
slavery destruction witness
Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery! John Brown
slavery states existence
The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery. Karl Marx
slavery should transmit
We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery. Patrick Henry
slavery defeat teach
Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery. Juan Williams
slavery states domination
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery. Mikhail Bakunin
slavery fancy facts
Specialization is in fact only a fancy form of slavery wherein the 'expert' is fooled into accepting a slavery by making him feel that he in turn is a socially and culturally preferred-ergo, highly secure-lifelong position. R. Buckminster Fuller
slavery might resistance
When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace. Marcus Tullius Cicero
slavery sometimes should
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave. Marcus Tullius Cicero
slavery levels remember
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it. Paul Mooney
slavery slave
Death is a slave's freedom. Nikki Giovanni
slavery losing poor
Such as are in immediate fear of a losing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all appetite and repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves, or exiles, ofttimes live as merrily as other folk. Michel de Montaigne
slavery aversion kind
I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion. George Washington
slavery unions principles
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle. George Washington
slavery unions fruit
Modern capitalist nations are the fruit of a history of slavery, genocide, violence and exploitation every bit as abhorrent as Mao's China or Stalin's Soviet Union. Terry Eagleton
slavery constitution worried
Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change. Whoopi Goldberg
slavery france mexico
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can. William H. Seward
slavery wrecks growing
The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment. William Dean Howells