#avery

This war is not about slavery. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#slavery #war

The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look. ↗

— John Vinocur

#any #armies #bravery #disappears #emotions

Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery! ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#countries #exploitation #infernal #liberation #live

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#arguing #feel #hear #him #i

Knavery and flattery are blood relations. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#flattery #knavery #relations

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! ↗

— Bob Marley

#free #mental #minds #none #our

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#nature #olden #ordinance #probably #regarded

Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. ↗

— George Mason

#discourages #manufactures #slavery

But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#beautiful #beautiful things #bravery #gives #hope

Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return. ↗

— Bob Taft

#bravery #defend #express #families #freedom