Liberty for all; chains for none.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOnce you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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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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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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One and God make a majority.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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