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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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A smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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