Slave Quotes

If he does not plant the field that was given over to him as a garden, if it be arable land, the gardener shall pay the owner the produce of the field for the years that he let it lie fallow, according to the product of neighboring fields, put the field in arable condition and return it to its owner.

The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody’s slavery.

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

I’ve never taught one, because if I taught one, I’d have to teach others. I would give myself over to a slavery, whereas I want to stay a free man.

Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.

You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.

We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.