Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSMan’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
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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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.
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I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
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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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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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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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Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
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What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
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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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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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Our destiny is largely in our hands.
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