He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?
He who dares not reason, is a slave.