The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked on by what he works on.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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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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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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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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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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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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