Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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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 are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.
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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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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
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A man is worked on by what he works on.
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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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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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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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