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Enslave Quotes

On history, freedom, and the limits of power

These enslave quotes range from philosophical warnings about superstition to sober historical references, including World War II-era conquest and biblical-era slavery of the Israelites.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

Quotes by William Inge

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

Quotes by Simone Weil

God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please...

Quotes by Samuel Hopkins

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they...

Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Able Quotes

We should all be neo-abolitionists here to make sure that there is no right in America to enslave others using the Internet.

Quotes by Mark Kirk

Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for...

Quotes by Ingrid Newkirk

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom....

Quotes by Cormac McCarthy

Action Quotes

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.

Quotes by Anita Borg

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed?

Quotes by Angelina Grimke

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you...

Quotes by Angela Bassett

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

Quotes by Angela Carter

Ale Quotes

As long as people are using the Internet, people are going to do stupid stuff, and people are going to do bad stuff. And by the time that robots are sentient, they're going to enslave us anyway, so it won't...

Quotes by Alexis Ohanian

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes appear under enslave on this page?
A serious set, including historical references to World War II-era conquest and biblical-era slavery of the Israelites, alongside a philosophical remark about superstition.
Does this page take a political position?
No - historical events are described factually and soberly, without drawing any present-day political comparison.
Is there a quote about internet freedom?
Yes, one argues there's no right in America to enslave others through misuse of the internet.
Are these quotes graphic or glorifying?
No - each sample references history or philosophy directly, and nothing here glorifies violence or cruelty.
Why include such a heavy topic among quote pages?
Because the word enslave appears in real, historically significant quotations, and this page presents them honestly rather than avoiding uncomfortable history.

Others turn toward the present in a different way, framing digital-era freedom in America as a modern extension of the same ancient argument against enslaving others.