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.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world’s ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin?
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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