#slave

But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

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Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. ↗

— John Ruskin

#others #restlessness #slaves #some #their

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. ↗

— John Ruskin

#distinguishing #price #sign #slavery

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. ↗

— Saadi

#his #seldom #slave #stomach #who

Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#any #because #been #between #considerations

A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#cannot #free #mothers #race #slave

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#hold #many #slavery #take #takes

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#being #master #rule #slave

Gifts make slaves. ↗

— Levi Strauss

#make #slaves

George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.”-George’s Grandmother. ↗

— George Dawson

#slavery #life