“In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”

“In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and are slaves, though men call us free.”

“My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.”

“You can't make the poor rich, by making the rich poor”

“Rich or poor, strong or weak, who among us has not begged God for a second chance?”

“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”