Quote by Alexander Herzen
Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develo

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others. – Alexander Herzen

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What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive! – Alexander Herzen

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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. – Alexander Herzen

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Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. – Alexander Herzen

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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable. – Andrea Dworkin

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Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. – Anwar El-Sadat

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Slavery

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum? – William Cowper

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