A man in debt is so far a slave.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Man Slave Debt

Who covets more is evermore a slave.

~ Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick Slave More Who

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Henri-Frédéric Amiel Man Slave Surroundings

Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute force. One person beats another until the latter will obey him, work for him, if he require it, or do nothing if he require it.

~ Lysander Spooner

Lysander Spooner Work Authority Slave

Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

~ Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden Man Environment Slave