A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.
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The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.
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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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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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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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.
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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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I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
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