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Monkeys Quotes - Page 3

Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.

Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.295, Harvard University Press

Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Gentle Murderer”, p.196, Open Road Media

You can't teach a monkey to speak and you can't teach an Arab to be democratic.

"Among the Settlers" by Jeffrey Goldberg, www.newyorker.com. May 31, 2004.

Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'.

Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

Toni Cade Bambara (2011). “The Salt Eaters”, p.40, Vintage