A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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