“The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.” EndsRealityPoorLordWonderfulMankindAngelSlaveHumbleBreadHeavenlySacraments Author:Thomas Aquinas
“At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites, it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved. This is destined to come about. In the same way, in the character, the conduct and the manners of men, universal modifications will be made.” MenWayMeanMadeCharacterCertainSimpleHealingMankindUniversalSlaveIllnessMannersAppetiteHumankindPhysiciansDestinedProvisionModificationLustfulIncidenceSimple Food Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron.” PastSpiritStepsMankindMastersBirthSlaveNotionVisibleIronReverseSavagesForefathers Author:James G. Frazer
“I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another.” MadeWarLightEarthBeliefDarkMankindPositionProduceIntellectualSpringSlaveCornersAbsurdRejoiceReverseGlobesFreemanEnquiryLiberality Book:The Papers of George Washington: April-June 1789 Source: The Papers of George Washington: April-June 1789
“The money pigs of capitalist democracy: Money has made slaves of us. Money is the curse of mankind. It smothers the seed of everything great and good. Every penny is sticky with sweat and blood.” MadeDemocracyBloodMankindSlaveSeedsCurseSweatCapitalistPigsPenniesSticky Author:Joseph Goebbels
“All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!” KnowsMenFeetMankindSlaveCharm Author:L. Ron Hubbard
“What we committed in the Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind and this trade [in Indian slaves] as one of the most unjust, evil, and cruel among them.” EvilMankindTradeSlaveCommittedIndianOffenseUnjustStanding Out Author:Bartolome de las Casas