Slave Quotes - Page 2

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

What we committed in the Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind and this trade [in Indian slaves] as one of the most unjust, evil, and cruel among them.

Adrian Rogers told us as often as he could he took the Bible literally. He illustrated by saying he believed the world was created in six 24-hour days. And he repeated this to make an impression upon us. In private (Jerry Vines was with us), I asked Rogers what he did with the slavery passages of the New Testament. Did he take them literally? He paused and said, 'Well, I believe slavery is a much-maligned institution. If we had slavery today, we would not have this welfare mess.'

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight.

A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

We prefer poverty in liberty than riches in slavery.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.

The supreme nobility of a Roman emperor does not consist in being a master of slaves, but in being a lord of free men, who loves freedom even in those who serve him.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

I am a free man, the slave of Christ.

If you are not prepared to resign or be fired for what you believe in, then you are not a worker, let alone a professional. You are a slave.

Slavery is not African history. Slavery interrupted African history.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery

To become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.

The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.