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I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about reason

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Quote by Albert Camus about politics, people

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Quote by Winston Churchill

This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.

Quote by Frederick Law Olmsted about night, use, thinking, work

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

Quote by Frederick Law Olmsted about religion, moral

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

Quote by James Cash Penney

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire....

Quote by John Perkins about interest, country

It is time to get drunk, so as not to be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk, get drunk without stopping.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire about time

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.

Quote by Erich Fromm about opinion, danger, man, past, future

Marriage the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about marriage, state

Gifts make slaves.

Quote by Levi Strauss about opinion, gifts

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith about love, commerce, friendship