What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
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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Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
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Oppression makes a wise man mad.
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A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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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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One and God make a majority.
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What is possible for me is possible for you.
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You have to take power. No one gives it.
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.
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