People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSSlaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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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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It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
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The ballot is the only safety.
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Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
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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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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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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.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
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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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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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