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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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"To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable."

"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition."

"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."

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

"If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year."

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

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

"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."
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"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

"In some cases, it is the woman's stomach-not her heart-that has left her man for another."

"Tomorrow is like 'there.' Once you get 'there,' it is called 'here.' So, technically, life is a set of Todays."
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