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Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

To be a slave was to be a human being under conditions in which that humanity was denied. They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was slavery.

Julius Lester

To Be a Slave

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Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1968, ch. 1.

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Hardy, G. H. A Mathematician's Apology. Cambridge University Press, 1940.

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Goleman, Daniel. "Aristotle's Challenge." Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Bantam Books, 1995.

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La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in "The Right of the Citizen to Oppose War and the Right of Congress to Shape the War Policy." The Progressive, 1 June 1917.

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La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in The Historic Unfulfilled Promise, written by Howard Zinn. City Lights Publishers, 2012, ch. 19.

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Mills, C. Wright. The Power Elite. Oxford University Press, 1956, ch. 1.

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Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Chatto & Windus, 1918, preface.

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Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Penguin Classics, 1990, preface.

History does not provide us with any instance of a society that repressed the economic liberties of the individual while being solicitous of his other liberties.

Irving Kristol

Two Cheers for Capitalism

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Kristol, Irving. Two Cheers for Capitalism. Basic Books, 1978, preface.

I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to tune myself out.

Kelly Kapoor

The Office

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"Counseling." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and B.J. Novak and Ricky Gervais, directed by Jeffrey Blitz, season 7, episode 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2010.

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Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1603, The Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Troilus and Cressida." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 2, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 4.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 4.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 6.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 6.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 16.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 16.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

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Malcolm X. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. Grove Press, 1965.

Okay, no uterus, no opinion.

Rachel Green

Friends

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"The One with the Secret Closet." Friends, written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and Robert Carlock, directed by Kevin Bright, season 8, episode 14, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television, 2002.

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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, 1989.

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"Luck Be an Old Lady." Sex and the City, written by Darren Star and Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky, directed by John David Coles, season 5, episode 3, Darren Star Productions, 2002.

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Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.