A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA smile or a tear has no nationality; joy and sorrow speak alike to all nations, and they, above all the confusion of tongues, proclaim the brotherhood of man.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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One and God make a majority.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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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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Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!
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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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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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