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“Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson

“To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.”

Thinking Believe Christianity Worst Slavery Opposition

Book:The Culture of Make Believe

Source: The Culture of Make Believe

“A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.”

Night Belief Lord Fate Worst Slavery Awe Necks Tyrants Strict Everlasting Imposing

Author:Epicurus

“The worst form of slavery is when the slave believes he is free. This is how women under Islam feel.”

Feels Believe Form Religion Worst Slavery Slave Islam

Author:Wafa Sultan

“Mental slavery is worst than physical slavery”

Worst Slavery Mental Slavery

Author:Dave Hockaday

“Ignorance is the worst form of slavery. (Paraphrased)”

Form Worst Ignorance Slavery Paraphrased

Author:Robert Green Ingersoll

“I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason. Then slavery came and calls of aggression. But we've been there 600 years and there ain't no peace between black and whites because the cultures are different - like the Chinese and Mexicans cannot integrate: the music is different, the eating is different.”

People Years Different Reason America Culture Black Worst Eating Music Is England Slavery Chinese Ran Aggression Black And White Integrating

Author:Muhammad Ali

“The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.”

Thinking Feels Kind Self Enough Hurt Doubt Worst Prejudice Slavery Angry Good Enough Worst Things Not Good Enough Self-doubt

Author:Nina Simone

“Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”

War Peace Results History Worst Terrible Slavery Obedience Genocide Terrible Things Disobedience

Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

“A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.”

Kind God Hands Belief Strong Prayer Destiny Fate Worst Comfort Slavery Moved Gods Will Our Prayers

Author:Epicurus

“Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever been committed on American soil. We bear witness that the worst crime, the worst tragedy, that has ever taken place on American soil is not September 11th. It's not the twin towers. It's the holocaust that black folks been dealing with for 400 years.”

“And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, - the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book.”

“The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.”

Worst Slavery Slave Worst Things

Author:Aristotle