"What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow."

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"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

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"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."

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"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"

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"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

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"We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore."

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"As he plods behind Cameron and Summer, he can't help but stare at Summer's exposed, glistening skin. His thoughts aren't depraved or even mildly in the splasher. In fact, he focuses on the marks of cruelty crisscrossing her back, stomach, and shoulders. He trudges along, drenched, feet swollen, constantly searching for even a hint of a breeze, all while being forced to stare at the alarming network of burns traversing Summer's delicate skin. This latticework of hate reveals a brutal truth-one he can scarcely comprehend. Yes, he's glimpsed and felt her scars before, but this is the first time he's really, truly seen the severity and extent of her life as a slave. With each step, he must digest the monstrosities of her past, leaving him utterly devastated."

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"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."

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"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men."

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"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"

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"Stardom can be a gilded slavery."

"We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore."

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"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."

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"I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag."

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"I will tell the truth wherever I please."

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"I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me."

"Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men."