In
most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants
in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether
slavery can ever be supposed the natural condition
of man. It is impossible not to conceive that men
in their original state were equal; and very difficult
to imagine how one would be subjected to another but
by violent compulsion. An individual may, indeed,
forfeit his liberty by a crime; but he cannot by that
crime forfeit the liberty of his children.
-- Samuel Johnson
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I
know that there are no limits to which the
powers of privilege will not go to keep the
workers in slavery
-- Mother
Jones
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"I
won't give up until the exploitation of
all children has ended and all children
have their rights."
-- Craig
Kielburger
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"It's
easier to be ignorant and say I don't know
about the problem. But once you know, once
you've seen it in their eyes, then you have
a responsibility to do something. There
is strength in numbers, and if we all work
together as a team, we can be unstoppable."
-- Craig
Kielburger
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As
long as the mind is enslaved, the body can
never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm
sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful
weapon against the long night of physical
slavery.
--
Martin Luther
King, Jr
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I
have a dream that one day this nation will rise up
and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold
these truths to be self-evident: that all men are
created equal." I have a dream that one day on the
red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and
the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit
down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a
dream that one day even the state of Mississippi,
a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice
and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis
of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four
children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character. I have a dream
today.
--
Martin Luther King,
Jr
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.
-- Pope Leo XIII
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Whenever
I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel
a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
-- Abraham
Lincoln
We
must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued.
-- Abraham
Lincoln
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Those
who deny freedom to others deserve it not
for themselves.
-- Abraham
Lincoln
If
slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.
-- Abraham
Lincoln
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Freedom
Day
- February 1
End
Slavery Day
- December 2
