Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSIt’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways.
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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I had as well be killed running as die standing.
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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.
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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
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My hopes were never brighter than now.
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There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
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A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
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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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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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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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The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.
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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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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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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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The opposite of compromise is character.
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