The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Where slavery is, there liberty cannot be; and where liberty is, there slavery cannot be.

Slavery time was tough, boss. You just don't know how tough it was.

To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs - a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days.

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.