If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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