This is a world of compensation; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
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Related Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long r... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, ca... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN The democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing when in conflict with a... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ABRAHAM LINCOLN There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king am... HELEN KELLER There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king... HELEN KELLER He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and
he who dares not, is a slave. SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND (2) He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. WILLIAM DRUMMOND He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave WILLIAM DRUMMOND Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almight... HAROLD HOLZER The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave. His fetters fall... freedom and sla... MAHATMA GANDHI The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slave... MAHATMA GANDHI Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of util... C.S. LEWIS He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. SAADI He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. SA'DI Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave... ORSON SCOTT CARD He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehen... ARISTOTLE He who dares not (reason), is a slave. WILLIAM DRUMMOND They deserve no respect those who do not respect their peers. No tolerance those who violate the dig... MARIANA FULGER The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every
man is free who breathes it. SIR JAMES MANSFIELD The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal ... WILLIAM H. SEWARD He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master
who should be slave.
[Lat., Fit ... CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Rousseau pounced. Men who dislike cats were tyrannical: "They do not like cats because the cat is fr... ROBERT ZARETSKY He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave. KLOPSTOCK He who has an opinion of his own, but depends on the opinion and tastes of others is a slave. KLOPSTOCK A person who is another man's slave is better than one who is a slave to lust. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those onl... HENRY FIELDING There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those onl... HENRY FIELDING I love those who accept the truth not those who accept love. For love is the slave of the truth. EPHDAN No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved. KATE BECKINSALE There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave. Their choice may be between bondage a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave. AYN RAND He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. HORACE 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON A freedom-fighter is a slave to freedom. MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, i... THOMAS JEFFERSON No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is. JOHN STUART MILL Even if you own a kingdom, you will be a slave if your life has no liberation and freedom. RVM 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON Atheism is without God. It does not assert no God. The atheist does not say that there is no God, bu... CHARLES BRADLAUGH In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to under... DAN SIMMONS President George Washington’s namesake capital, once a marketplace for slave auctions, is now syno... PATRICK MENDIS The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings. THOMAS LA MANCE The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings. HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbe... JOHN HENRIK CLARKE He is not deemed to give consent who is under a mistake. UNKNOWN Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave. L. NEIL SMITH If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your tho... RICHARD MITCHELL A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. EZRA POUND We have no idea who is doing this, but we cannot tolerate this kind of behavior. Certainly, we suppo... LIZ IRWIN The intelligence which has learned to be a law to itself, criticising, rejecting, appropriating, ass... JAMES DENNEY No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase, SALMON PORTLAND CHASE If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am fr... MIKHAIL BAKUNIN We don't want any relationship! we just need someone who listen us, who is ready to do anything for ... SID Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. JAMES BARRIE Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves. GEORGE LINNAEUS BANKS Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. JAMES M. BARRIE Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. J.M. BARRIE Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE We must overturn so many idols, the idol of self first of all, so that we can be humble, and only fr... OSCAR A. ROMERO All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil BENJAMIN DISRAELI All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil. BENJAMIN DISRAELI All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil. BENJAMIN DISRAELI God helps those who help themselves' is common sense, 'God helps those who cannot help themselves' i... CRISS JAMI Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number o... OSWALD CHAMBERS Those who don’t know how to love others, how can they deserve love for themselves? DEBASISH MRIDHA The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. L... JOHN C. MAXWELL No place of grace for those who avoid the face No time to rejoice for those who walk among nois... T.S. ELIOT If you have Jesus Christ, then you are no longer a slave to the forces of this sinful world; you are... FELIX WANTANG A job should be given to those who deserve it, not those who demand it. AMIT KALANTRI without God, there is no virtue because there's no prompting of the conscience. And without God, dem... RONALD REAGAN You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in this world, your imagination. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe ... CORETTA SCOTT KING "Who hates his neighbor has not the rights of a child." And not only has he no rights as a child, he... SØREN KIERKEGAARD No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved. KATE BECKINSALE Before complaining that you are a slave to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look w... JAMES ALLEN It is better to be slave to righteousness of God than sin of satan. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads ... MIROSLAV VOLF There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if... WILLIAM H. SEWARD All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for ... PERICLES He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, must ... ABIGAIL ADAMS He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must b... ARISTOTLE I was a slave, but never a fool. This empire is vast beyond imagining and we have killed only a frac... ANTHONY RYAN We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We... JANE D. HULL He [Bloch] was one of those touchy, highly-strung people who cannot bear to have made a blunder, wil... MARCEL PROUST He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is... WILLIAM DRUMMOND It is quite certain that the skirt means female dignity, not female submission; it can be proved by ... G.K. CHESTERTON To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN And without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, a... BIBLE It is better to be slave to righteousness than slave to sin. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We're lazy because God in His kindness and love has given us ample time to achieve our purpose. If H... KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Of course, if one does not fully trust the promise of God's Kingdom, he will have a hard time taking... CRISS JAMI Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he ... SALLY FIELD
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a ca... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Achievement has no color ABRAHAM LINCOLN Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other gen... ABRAHAM LINCOLN But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The br... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I cannot imaging anyone looking at the sky and denying God. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build o... ABRAHAM LINCOLN We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. ABRAHAM LINCOLN You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ABRAHAM LINCOLN We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remem... ABRAHAM LINCOLN A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on... ABRAHAM LINCOLN With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The President to-night has a dream: He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who h... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advan... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and e... ABRAHAM LINCOLN I fear explanations explanatory of things explained. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators. ABRAHAM LINCOLN He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met. ABRAHAM LINCOLN When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him ru... ABRAHAM LINCOLN He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when the sentence was about to be p... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legi... ABRAHAM LINCOLN What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong. They are the two princip... ABRAHAM LINCOLN