I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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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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Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
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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 had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.
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