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Slavery Quotes
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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.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Life Quote
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
Success Quote
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Inspirational Quote
You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Friend Quote
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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