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.
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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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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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is a slave.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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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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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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