Bondage

Famous quotes containing the word bondage:

“... the histories of Blacks and Jews in bondage and out of bondage, have been blood histories pursued through our kindred searchings for self-determination. Let this blood be a stain of honor that we share. Let us not now become enemies to ourselves and to each other.”
—June Jordan (b. 1936)

“Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

“Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.”
—John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)