Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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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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Liberty for all; chains for none.
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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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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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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
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Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
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