Oppression makes a wise man mad.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSBe not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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