I had as well be killed running as die standing.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThose who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
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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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Some know the value of education by having it. I knew its value by not having it.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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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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The opposite of compromise is character.
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Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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