Quotes for All
I write about heroes all the time, and I’m struck by how much of what fills us with wonder in the man-made world was the brainchild of a monster. I mean, slaves built most of the ancient wonders, our city skylines are dominated by the product of sometimes very ruthless capitalist ideals. There’s a horrifying … Read more
Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave. G.A. Henty
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. G. I. Gurdjieff
Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had been done in the North, and others felt that freemen who were paid wages would be more efficient than slaves who had no incentive to work. For the present, however, they were stuck … Read more
The man who does as he likes is the greatest slave. The man who never does as he likes is God’s free man. G. Campbell Morgan
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Ezra Pound
Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt. Ezra Pound
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at this point, free-traders go over to the enemy; and many writers on political economy, in flat contradiction of the essential principles of that science, have made elaborate arguments to prove … Read more
[God brought African slaves to America] so that their descendants would know freedom. Ezola B. Foster
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger to the ways of the Saviour, for as the Saviour enjoined us: ‘Learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart: and you will find rest for your … Read more