Quote by Pearl Buck
Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. - Pearl B

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. – Pearl Buck

Other quotes by Pearl Buck

I dont wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth. – Pearl Buck

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Attitude
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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we wont let them into our country. – Pearl Buck

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Heaven
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Other Quotes from
Slavery
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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. – Georges Bataille

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Slavery

Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Slavery

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

Category:
Slavery

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his masters commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style. – W. H. Auden

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Slavery

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Nostalgia is a seductive liar. – George Wildman Ball

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