Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon a person and I will show you the exact amount of words endured by these people.
Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work
Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.
The chance is now given you to end in a day the bondage of centuries, and to rise in one bound from social degradation to the place of common equality with all other varieties of men
The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
We had talked long enough; we were now ready to move; if not now, we never should be; and if we did not intend to move now, we had as well fold our arms, sit down, and acknowledge ourselves fit only to be slaves.
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.