I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOur destiny is largely in our hands.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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