“Who enslaves another's manhood with weak human power alone, Lays a heavier yoke of bondage thoughtlessly upon his own.” HumansWeakSlaveryLaysManhoodBondageYokeHuman Power Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free.” MenForceFreedomEasierMountainSlaveryRootedYoke Book:Joan of Arc, Ballads, Lyrics, and Minor Poems Source: Joan of Arc, Ballads, Lyrics, and Minor Poems
“Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have been surprised; divided--the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson...? The people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government they should watch over it.... It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently free.” PeopleMenShouldHumansWellsHas BeensGovernmentBornUnitedRaceWatchesOughtLessonsSlaveryIgnorantHuman RaceEnlightenedOver ItDividedAwakenedCheatedYokeBorn Free Author:James Madison
“No people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery, but when they deserv'd it. ...The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought. ...If therefore a people will not be free; if they have not virtue enough to maintain their liberty against a presumptuous invader, they deserve no pity, and are to be treated with contempt and ignominy.” PeopleIfsEnoughMightLibertyVirtueOughtTruth IsDeserveSlaveryHeavyTreatedPityContemptYokeInvadersPresumptuousIgnominy Author:Samuel Adams
“Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, as your religious and political motto - "NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERY! NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS” MayPoliticalReligiousEffortBreakCostSlaveryUnionsCompromiseFaithfulOppressedMottoBreezeBannerBeing FaithfulVigilantYokeNo CompromiseSlaveholders Author:William Lloyd Garrison
“If I had my life to live over I would die fighting rather than be a slave again. I want no man's yoke on my shoulders no more.” IfsMenWantDiesFightingSlaverySlaveShouldersYokeBe A Slave Author:Robert Falls
“The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few and exceedingly rich men have laid a yoke of almost slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers.” MenAgeRichMassSlaveryWorkersGreedCompetitorsRich ManYokeDefenselessEconomic Inequality Author:Pope Leo XIII
“I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.” PeopleBelieveBeliefI BelieveSlaveryHeavyYoke Book:The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773 Source: The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773
“The Jews' guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus consigned them to perpetual servitude, and, like Cain, they are to be wanderers and fugitives. The Jews will not dare to raise their necks, bowed under the yoke of perpetual slavery, against the reverence of the Christian faith.” ChristianJesusRaisesSlaveryGuiltJewDareNecksReverencePerpetualChristian FaithServitudeCrucifixionYokeCainWanderers Author:Pope Innocent III
“Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.” ShouldLongIdeasMatterEnoughSeemsAmericaGrowsSlaverySlaveRadicalRevolutionaryFrighteningAccustomedRemovalPerniciousYokeSlavery In AmericaRevolutionary Ideas Author:Gerry Spence
“To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that a small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself.” MenLittlesHas BeensHandsAblePoorNumbersRichMassLaborSlaveryTradeLaysHiringRich ManYokeSmall Numbers Author:Pope Leo XIII