You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are read more
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look read more
Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you.
They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
read more
They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.
It [Chinese Labour in South Africa] could not, in the opinion of
His Majesty's Government, be classified as slavery read more
It [Chinese Labour in South Africa] could not, in the opinion of
His Majesty's Government, be classified as slavery in the extreme
acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological
inexactitude.
The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every
man is free who breathes read more
The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every
man is free who breathes it.
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted
I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
read more
Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl,
Dominion absolute; that right we hold
By his donation; but man over men
He made not lord; such title to himself
Reserving, human left from human free.