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Frederick Douglass Quote - Oppression makes a wise man mad.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

Frederick Douglass

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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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Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Every one of us should be ashamed to be free while his brother is 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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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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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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Crop Favor Freedom Ground Men Philosophy
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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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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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
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Slave Wait

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