Frederick Douglass on slavery

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Where there is seeming contentment with slavery, there is certain treachery to freedom.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime.

Mike Tysonborn 1966

• America

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail.

Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968

• Race

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Augustine of Hippo354–430

• Freedom
• Virtue