You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSKnowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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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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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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