Freed Slaves

Famous quotes containing the words freed and/or slaves:

    That through thy prowess and victorious arms,
    Thy country may be freed from foreign harms;
    And great Elisa’s glorious name may ring
    Through all the world
    Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free from King George and continue the slaves of King Prejudice? What is it to be born free and not to live free? What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom? Is it a freedom to be slaves, or a freedom to be free, of which we boast?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)