George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Everybody is owned by somebody.

Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.

Slavery made the Negro as dependent upon the intelligence and foresight of his master as a soldier upon the will of his commander

It is better to be the slave of a master than to be a slave of a slave.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

We are the slaves of slaves

Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave.

In part because they had no choice, right? If you were a slave, you did what the master said. And they said to worship: "You're going to worship with us."

Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.

Rulers exist entirely through the persons of others. Their goal is in their subjects, in the activity of enslaving. They are as dependent as the beggar, the social worker and the bandit. The form of dependence does not matter.

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

Man’s freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man’s enslavement of man..

The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.

But, to protect men, we must have the power of controlling them. We must first enslave them before we can protect them.

All people are enslaved by something.

The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it.

Arriane sized her up, tapping one finger against her lips. "Perfect," she said, stepping forward to loop her arm through Luce's. "I was just thinking I could really use a new slave.

In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.

That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure.

It is hard to have a Southern overseer; it is worse to have a Northern one; but worst of all when you are yourself the slave-driver.

When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."