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Frederick Douglass Quote - The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

Frederick Douglass

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Country Greatness Heart Man Patience Strong Sympathy
Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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Country District Government People
I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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Humanity Race Rights Superior
A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Blood Man Safety Slave
Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Country Destiny
A man is worked on by what he works on.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Justice One Liner Poor Rule
It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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