Quote#Freedom
For too long we have borne your chains without thinking of shaking…
Quote byToussaint Louverture · 1743–1803
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the General Assembly (1792).
English (original)
For too long we have borne your chains without thinking of shaking them off, but any authority which is not founded on virtue and humanity, and which only tends to subject one's fellow man to slavery, must come to an end, and that end is yours.
— Toussaint Louverture
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