A slave government is an oligarchy; and one, too, of the most arbitrary and criminal character.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Slavery is malignantly aristocratic.
The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.
It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.
All systems are oligarchy. There is no other.