Owners

Famous quotes containing the word owners:

“Slaves who have escaped to you from their owners shall not be given back to them.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 23:15.

“When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“The work of the miner has its unavoidable incidents of discomfort and danger, and these should not be increased by the neglect of the owners to provide every practicable safety appliance. Economies which involve a sacrifice of human life are intolerable.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)