Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWhat is possible for me is possible for you.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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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The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
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Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
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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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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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