Slavery Quotes

The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.

...it is not enough to be freeof the whips, principalities and powers

In a world full of slavery, is it any wonder then that we cannot understand what it is to be free.

Slavery and indecisiveness are characteristics of most Christians of the world

You get what you want and you become its slave.

Freedom is the decision to live and die, doing what you love.

Most so-called success in the world is slavery.

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

Be the love of your love, not the slave of your love.

Ni dieu ni maître!(Neither God nor master)[Feminist and labour slogan translated to 'No gods, no masters']

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.

To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.

Vengeance against predators is meals on wheels.

I had given up the church, more because of its complicity with slavery than from a full understanding of the foolishness of its creeds.

Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two day break from it.

Meditation on the holy Scriptures, free us from mental slavery.

If freedom rings, then bondage bombs.

I would have to confess that in the land of the toubabu, I had managed to save only myself.

Ownership breeds slavery: with every single thing that you acquire, comes a new worry of not losing that thing.

Free is he who is reputable for not being fearful of losing his reputation.

Behind every successful man is a woman but few of us realize that behind most successful women is a man too

If the sale of flesh could be made as easily as the sale of spiritual exemption, the prescience of a dedicated businessman might be well preserved.

You owe it to yourself, to refuse to surrender to obstacles that are meant to stop you from reaching far in your endeavours. Be determined that you will never be a captive of your environment.

See this abdicated beast, once kingOf them all, nibble his claws:Not anger enough left—no, nor despair—To break his teeth on the bars.

The years in captivity fuels character development

Freedom is the choice to be free than to be a slave.

Free yourself from mental slavery. Break those invisible chains your masters put on your spiritual neck to control you

The absence of knowledge of the truths about money leads to poverty and financial slavery.

I realized that poverty was a kind of captivity.

Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.

Go home now, ” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.“For guns and ammunition, ” says I.

What do you see out there?” I ask. “Pittsburgh, ” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell with the lid taken off.” — Mother Jones

The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king.

We don't want any relationship! we just need someone who listen us, who is ready to do anything for us without saying no. In short we just need one slave!

The only prison we can be is prison of our mind.

If you enslave me with fake money, and I realize enslavement is fake. Its in your best interest to set me free!

Mental Slavery remains the biggest form of oppression till this day. New insights or ideas is what shines freedom from such an oppression.

With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty.

At this moment, I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon the slave and slaveholder.

Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.

There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.

To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable.

12% of employees eat because they are hungry. 88% of employees eat because it is 1 o’clock.

Workers who pick the food we eat cannot afford to feed themselves.

Liberty is no less a blessing because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

The man who is not permitted to own is owned.

When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen.

As long as humans feel they are forced to defend their own rights and worth by placing someone beneath them, oppression will not end.

Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.

Any constituency that needs amending, is a prototype in error.