At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
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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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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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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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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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