#slave

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#america #ancestors #been #born #descendants

But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#banks #continue #control #cost #create

All socialism involves slavery. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#slavery #socialism

Just as the slave master required the slaves to imitate the image he had of them, so women, who live in a relatively powerless position, politically and economically, feel obliged by a kind of implicit force to live up to culture's image of what is female. ↗

— Susan Griffin

#economically #feel #female #force #had

Stardom can be a gilded slavery. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#slavery #stardom

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner. ↗

— Spike Lee

#dancer #days #dinner #good #job

Fear is the passion of slaves. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#passion #slaves

Slavery is nothing to joke about. The history of this nation's involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke. ↗