Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat to the Slave is the 4th of July.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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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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