Slave Quotes

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

Irony is the glory of slaves.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery

Slavery…dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.

Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.