If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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Fortune 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.
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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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 have to take power. No one gives it.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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