Famous quotes containing the words young, male and/or slave:
“The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
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