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Slave Quotes - Page 4

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

John Dickinson (2009). “The Writings of John Dickinson”, p.402, Applewood Books

Be not the slave of your own past.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.106, David R. Godine Publisher

Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

"Visions: Maya Angelou". Interview With Ken Kelley, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1995.

Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave.

Walt Disney's radio address at the "Our American Culture" broadcast during an intermission of the Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 1941.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

William Cowper (1858). “Works of Cowper and Thomson”, p.122