I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.
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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 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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