- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery Quotes
On bondage, freedom, and an unfinished history.
These lines address slavery mainly through history: a hope for compromise before change occurred, ongoing modern efforts to identify and stop forced labor, and reflections on how one person's freedom has often depended on someone else's bondage. See History quotes for related context.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union.
- Means
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- Nov 07, 2020
Socialism means slavery.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is haunted by an apparition steeped in slavery, and I wanted to remind everyone that, 'Yo, we've got to handle this.'
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.
- Formation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.
- Harshness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a parent wants to talk about slavery or wants to talk about countries where bombs go off, they need to have a way - a setting - to have that conversation. And there are wonderful books out there for those kinds of conversations.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.
- Fellow Creatures
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want.
- Nov 07, 2020
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020