Slavery protects the infants, the aged and the sick; nay, takes far better care of them of the healthy, the middle-aged and the strong. - George Fitzhugh

A Southern farm is beau idea of Communism; it is a joint concern, in which the slaves consume more than the master, of the coarse products, and is far happier, because although the concern may fail; he is always sure of a support.

Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxim Laissez-faire and 'Pas trop gouverner,' are at war with all kinds of slavery, for they in fact assert that individuals and peoples prosper most when governed least. It is not, therefore, wonderful that such a science should not have been believed or inculcated whilst slavery was universal.

With thinking men, the question can never arise, who ought to be free? Because no one ought to be free. All government is slavery.