The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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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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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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