Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNo man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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One and God make a majority.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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