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Slavery |
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Quotations
 | Freedom is the power to choose our own chains. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 31 likes |
 | We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 24 likes |
 | The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher 24 likes |
| I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 18 likes |
 | Debt is the slavery of the free man. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 17 likes |
 | The society of the future: slavery without masters. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 16 likes |
 | Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 16 likes |
 | If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 15 likes |
 | Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 15 likes |
 | Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 14 likes |
 | As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 12 likes |
 | Money is a good servant but a bad master. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 9 likes |
 | Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 8 likes |
| Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 8 likes |
 | Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 8 likes |
| Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them: they love their servitude. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 7 likes |
| Finance is a slave's word. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 7 likes |
 | Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 6 likes |
| A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 6 likes |
 | The slave has only one master. The ambitious man has as masters all those who can contribute to his rise. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 6 likes |
| Action men are the involuntary slaves of wise men. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 4 likes |
 | The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher 4 likes |
 | This is servitude, To serve the unwise. — John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet 3 likes |
 | When I look at history, I see hours of freedom and centuries of servitude. |
 | Work without love is slavery. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
 | The question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude. |
 | There is no dignity and there is no real life for the man who works twelve hours a day without knowing why he works. |
 | The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself. |
 | Any profession that does not make you forget about work is slavery. |
 | Almost all people are slaves because they do not know how to say the word “no”. |
 | France under Napoleon: slavery minus the shame. — François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician |
Latin Quotes
 | A great fortune is a great slavery. Magna servitus est magna fortuna. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 21 likes |
 | I will not serve! Non serviam! (attributed to Lucifer, but originates from the Vulgate [Jeremiah] referring to the rejection of God by the people of Israel) 18 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Slaves and master could never be friends. Δούλοι γαρ και δεσπότης ουκ αν ποτέ γένοιντο φίλοι. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes |
 | Those who cannot face danger like men become the slaves of any invader. Οι μη δυνάμενοι κινδυνεύειν ανδρείως δούλοι των επιόντων εισίν. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
 | Who dares not speak his free thoughts behaves like a slave. Δούλου τόδ’ εστίν, μη λέγειν ά τις φρονεί. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenician women 5 likes |
 | Loans make slaves out of free men. Τα δάνεια δούλους τους ελευθέρους ποιεί. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 5 likes |
 | One who is a slave to others should not be vainglorious. Ου γαρ εκπέλει φρονείν μέγα όστις δούλος εστι των πέλας. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Antigone 3 likes |
