Slave Quotes - Page 9

• But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

  William H. Seward

  Fall, Men, Law

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• It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Mistake, Masters, Owners

  St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “How to Converse with God”, p.4, TAN Books

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• Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hands, Mind, Influence

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.87

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• Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave.

  LeCrae

  Sex, Mean, Drug

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• You will not be asked about your culture in your grave. And you will not be judged based on your Father's last name. When the trumpet blares, there will be no more kings, only slaves. And your family traditions will not be able to keep you safe.

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Kings, Father, Names

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• The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

  Socrates

  Greed, Body, Reason Why

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• You are a slave of what you need in your soul.

  Carl Jung

  Soul, Needs, Your Soul

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• The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.

  R. C. Sproul

  Jesus, Men, Christ

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• Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For we should not call men truly free when they are wicked and dissolute, since they are slaves to worldly passions. Freedom and happiness of soul consist in genuine purity and detachment from transitory things.

  Anthony the Great

  Christian, Passion, Character

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• The slave of the belly ponders the menu with which to celebrate the feast. The servant of God, however, thinks of the graces that may enrich him.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Thinking, Servant Of God

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.165, Paulist Press

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• How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or her work, while work should offer a service to people so they may have dignity. I ask my brothers and sisters in faith and all men and women of good will for a decisive choice to combat trafficking in persons, which includes "slave labor."

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Men, Slave Labor

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• I think it's ridiculous that we even have to talk about gay rights as rights...It's gonna be as shocking as the treatment of slaves someday.

  Regina Spektor

  Gay, Thinking, Rights

  "What Regina Spektor Sees From the Cheap Seats". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. May 2012.

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• Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.

  Euripides

  Speak, Free Thought, Dare

  Euripides (1814). “The tragedies of Euripides translated [by R. Potter]. by R. Potter”, p.307

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• No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only to make the 3rd person his slave, but also a right to dispose of him as a slave to still other persons. Any contract to do this is necessarily a criminal one...To call such a contract a “constitution” does not at all lessen its criminality, or add to its validity.

  Lysander Spooner

  Men, Criminals, Doe

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• William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and initiative, much wealth ... he put evangelism on Britain's map as a power for social change, first by overthrowing the slave trade almost single-handed and then by generating a stream of societies for doing good and reducing evil in public life... To forget such men is foolish.

  J. I. Packer

  Blessed, Men, Evil

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• People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.

  Abdullah Ibrahim

  Taken, People, Made

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• He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Self, Made, Be A Slave

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2013). “The Old Regime and the Revolution: The controversial bestselling guide to the origins of the French Revolution”, p.213, Harriman House Limited

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• I am the dream and the hope of the slave

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, History, African American

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women”, p.9, Random House

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• Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Past, Diving Deep, Sea

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• The person who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the immediate.

  John C. Maxwell

  Forget, Persons, Ultimate

  John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.43, Hachette UK

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• There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.

  John Legend

  Men, Black, Today

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• They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.

  Charles Bukowski

  Alive, Pay, Back To Work

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• If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

  Bette Midler

  Laughing, Make Me Laugh, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I´m not a wandering slave, I am a woman of choice

  Lady Gaga

  Choices, Wander

  Song: Aura, Album: ARTPOP, 2013

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• If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.

  Og Mandino

  Habit, Let Me, Ifs

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Secret in the World”, p.11, Bantam

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