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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man
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To make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one
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My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.
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The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.
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Slavery does away with fathers, as it does away with families.
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The absolute power of this distant old master had touched my young spirit with but the point of its cold, cruel iron, and left me something to brood over after the play and in moments of repose.
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To enslave men successfully and safely it is necessary to keep their minds occupied with thoughts and aspirations short of the liberty of which they are deprived.
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The plea for this outrage was then, as it is always, the tyrant's plea of necessity.