Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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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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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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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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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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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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