You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPeople might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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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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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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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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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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One and God make a majority.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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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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We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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