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Religious literature6 quotes
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — God · 1405 BCI have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey. — Exodus 3:8 · 1405 BCThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. — Luke 4:18-19 · 61This noble eightfold path…right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right contemplation. — The Pali Canon · 250 BCAnd remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. — God · 1405 BCLet my people go. — God · 1405 BCDrama2 quotes
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Tyler Durden · 1999Drama (film)2 quotes
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Tyler Durden · 1999Political literature2 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Autobiography and memoir1 quote
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. — Frederick Douglass · 1845Epic1 quote
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956Epic (film)1 quote
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956Philosophical literature1 quote
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762