The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
Racist assumptions, ethnolinguistic assumptions of inferiority or superiority, are as old as mankind.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.