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They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
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They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master
who should be slave.
[Lat., Fit in read more
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master
who should be slave.
[Lat., Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus.]
No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,
No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the
free,--honorable alike in what we give and what read more
In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the
free,--honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
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I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth
That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
