73 result(s) for Quotes About Slavery.
"The slave is the man who makes the things that man makes; the slave is the man who makes it possible for the man to make the things that he makes."
"I will not be a slave to my own fears."
"Slavery is a social death."
"There is no escape. There is no place that is not in slavery."
"We must therefore become the slaves of the laws in order that we may be able to be the masters of our lives."
"Slavery is essentially an evil thing. It deprives the individual of the ability to make choices."
"Men are not the slaves of their own instincts; they have the power to rise above them."
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"Slavery, properly understood, is a voluntary contract."
"The greatest slave is he whom the master believes to be free."
"Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men."
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
"A man is truly free when he does not act in accordance with the laws of man nor in accordance with the laws of conscience. He is free when he is neither a slave of society nor of obligation."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"Slavery is a universal experience; we are all slaves to something."
"Slavery is the state of being a slave; it puts shackles on one's life, mind, and spirit, suffocating one's will to live."
"Emancipation is not about the act of freeing one from chains but liberating the spirit to aspire and thrive."
"To be a slave to a thought pattern is the worst form of prison."
"There is a great deal of misery in the world as long as slavery exists."
"The only way to escape the slavery of fear is to face it head on."
"Slavery is the condition in which one human being is owned by another."
"A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members."
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"The spirit of freedom is the fire that burns away the chains of slavery."
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"It is time for the public to see the struggle of oppression and slavery brought to light."
"Slavery is theft—theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne."
"I am not a man, I am not a woman, I am a human being; I was in chains, I was in bondage, and I will never forget."
"The only way to end slavery is to end it."
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
"We cannot deny that the history of slavery is also a history of struggle for freedom."
"It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step within that goal."
"A freedom that is not taken is a freedom that does not exist."
"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs itself; that is, it is a creature of reason."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
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"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
"The function of freedom is to free someone else."
"The man who is a slave to his passions is a man who is lost."
"Let us not be ashamed to speak up for human rights."
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
"You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know."
"Slavery is the most complete manifestation of the spirit's fall."
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."
"Every human being deserves respect and dignity."
"No man can be held in slavery unless he is in bondage to the state."
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
"We must face the rising tide of injustice, with courage and determination."
"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."
"All slavery is based on a contradiction of the original equality of man."
"I will not be a slave, and I will not be a slave master."
"The slave who chooses to die for freedom and dignity will never be a slave."
"What we need is action—action! We need actions so that we can stir the world into emotion."
"A man is not a man until he is a free man."
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
"Slavery is a state of mind. We are all slaves to something."
"The condition of being a slave is one of deprivation, a permanent wound."
"Freedom is not a state; it is an act."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
"Slavery is horrible. The only worse thing is to accept it."
"There is no greater act of rebellion than to love oneself."
"There is nothing new about racism. It has always plagued civilization. It is a state of enslavement."
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"Slavery is a scar on the soul of America."
"The continued existence of racism is proof we have not completely dealt with our past."
"I had no choice but to fight for my freedom."
"Where there is no struggle, there is no progress."
"I think we have to be brave enough and bold enough to say we will not be silenced."
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes judgment, and develops context."
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem."
"There can be no freedom without freedom for all."
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
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