A man in debt is so far a slave.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.
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.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.
Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions.
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good.