A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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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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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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