One and God make a majority.
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One and God make a majority.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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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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 have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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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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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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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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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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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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